Exorcist XIV: The wrath of Maxwell's Demon. Part II. From Szilard to Landauer and beyond

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-40

  Earman, John ^a   Norton, John D ^a  

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