Information is a physical entity

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 63-67

  Landauer, Rolf ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0342629422     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00513-5     Document Type: Article

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