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Over 130 years ago, James Clerk Maxwell introduced his hypothetical “demon” as a challenge to the scope of the second law of thermodynamics. Fascination with the demon persisted throughout the development of statistical and quantum physics, information theory, and computer science, and links have been established between Maxwell’s demon and each of these disciplines. The demon’s seductive quality makes it appealing to physical scientists, engineers, computer scientists, biologists, psychologists, and historians and philosophers of science.Since the publication of Maxwell’s Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing in 1990, Maxwell’s demon has been the subject of renewed and increased interest by numerous researchers in the fields mentioned above. Updated and expanded, Maxwell’s Demon 2: Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing retains many of the seminal papers that appeared in the first edition, including the original thoughts of James Clerk Maxwell and William Thomson; a historical review by Martin Klein; and key articles by Leo Szilard, Leon Brillouin, Rolf Landauer, and Charles Bennett that led to new branches of research on the demon. This second edition contains newer articles by Landauer, Bennett, and others, related to Landauer’s principle; connections with quantum mechanics; algorithmic information; and the thermodynamics and limits of computation. The book also includes two separate bibliographies: an alphabetical listing by author and a chronological bibliography that is annotated by the editors and contains selected quotes from the books and articles listed. The bibliography has more than doubled in size since publication of the first edition and now contains over 570 entries.

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⭐Maxwell’s Demon—several times laid to rest—remains alive, well and more active than ever. It has revealed an ability to teach researchers in a remarkable variety of fields surprising things of fundamental value. The book provides an annotated collection of classic papers in the field. Helpfully indexed, with an exhaustive bibliography and an 88-page annotated chronological bibliography. Some of the material in the first edition (Maxwell’s Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing (1990)) has been omitted to accommodate more recent contributions to an exploding field. Indispensable for researchers, but a source of pleasure also for non-specialist browsers.

⭐Maxwell’s Demon 2 is one of the best books I’ve found in the field – the authors address key issues in a clear and engaging manner. This is an excellent and well-organized reference book and includes any number of original papers which are difficult to find through other sources. Highly recommended.

⭐This is a classic book being brought out cheaply through print on demand. Paper quality is poor despite the high price of the book.

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