Maxwell's Demon and the Thermodynamics of Computation

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

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 569-579

  Bub, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Maxwell's Demon; Measurement; Thermodynamics of Computation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042027464     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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