Von Neumann's entropy does not correspond to thermodynamic entropy

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-174

  Hemmo, Meir ^a   Shenker, Orly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

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EID: 34249076384     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510816     Document Type: Article

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