1. Edition - August 2007
35.90 Euro
2007. X, 270 Pages, Hardcover
15 Fig.
- General Reading -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40688-3
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40688-3 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin






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Short description
Explaining the connection between Maxwell's Demon and the role of the observer is the topic of this book: information science, thermodynamics and quantum physics are closely related. The authors offer insight into the quantum which will fascinate both scientists and lay persons.

From the contents
1. Mathematics, Mysticism, and more
2. Mass in Motion
3. From Engines to Entropy: Carnot and Clausius develop the Yardstick of Engine Efficiency
4. From Statistical Entropy to Statistical Time: Thermodynamics evolves from being an Engineers' Tool to becoming a Philosophers' Gold Mine
5. Maxwell's Demon leads us to combine Consciousness, Entropy, and Information
6. Quantum Mechanics I: From Micromagnets to Micromasers
7. Using Quantum Mechanics to Resolve the Maxwell Demon Paradox
8. Quantum Mechanics II: The Wave Side of Particles and the Particle Side of Waves
9. From Wigner's Friend to Quantum Erasure: Of Wigner's Friends and their Amnesia
10. On Quantum Mechanics and the Big Questions