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Titre

The Demon and the Quantum: From the Pythagorean Mystics to Maxwell's Demon and Quantum Mystery

�diteur

Wiley-VCH

Date de parution

2007

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

3527406883

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9783527406883

Reliure

Hardcover

�tat de l'article

Very Good +

�tat de la jaquette

Very Good

Poids

17�onces

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Science:Quantum Mechanics

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Synopsis

This book explains the connection between Maxwell's Demon and the role of the observer and quantum eraser, showing that information science, thermodynamics and quantum physics are closely related. By focusing on entropy, information, and observation, the authors bring a unique perspective to this subject, providing an insight into the strange ways of the quantum that will fascinate scientists and lay readers alike.

� propos de l?auteur

Marlan O. Scully holds joint appointments at Texas A&M and Princeton Universities. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. During the course of his life work on the foundations and applications of quantum mechanics, he has come to know many of the pioneers in the field and has collected biographical material on them, which R. Scully has woven into this book.

Robert J. Scully is a heavy equipment diesel mechanic living and working in Irving, Texas, where he is employed by the Caterpillar Corporation. His academic connections include the University of New Mexico and the University of Texas at Dallas. He was a tank diesel mechanic in the marine corps from 1988 to 1993. Robert Scully writes biographies for the National Academy of Sciences, including one on William Hewlett of the Hewlett Packard Corporation and one on quantum physicist Leonard Mandel.

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