The Demon and the Quantum
From the Pythagorean Mystics to Maxwell's Demon and Quantum Mystery
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
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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.
Klappentext zu „The Demon and the Quantum “
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Demon and the Quantum “
1. Mathematics, Mysticism, and more2. Mass in Motion3. From Engines to Entropy: Carnot and Clausius develop the Yardstick of Engine Efficiency4. From Statistical Entropy to Statistical Time: Thermodynamics evolves from being an Engineers' Tool to becoming a Philosophers' Gold Mine5. Maxwell's Demon leads us to combine Consciousness, Entropy, and Information6. Quantum Mechanics I: From Micromagnets to Micromasers7. Using Quantum Mechanics to Resolve the Maxwell Demon Paradox8. Quantum Mechanics II: The Wave Side of Particles and the Particle Side of Waves9. From Wigner's Friend to Quantum Erasure: Of Wigner's Friends and their Amnesia10. On Quantum Mechanics and the Big Questions
Autoren-Porträt von Robert J. Scully, Marlan O. Scully
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Robert J. Scully , Marlan O. Scully
- 2007, 1. Auflage, X, 270 Seiten, 15 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 15,2 x 22 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley-VCH
- ISBN-10: 3527406883
- ISBN-13: 9783527406883
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „The Demon and the Quantum “
"Das flüssig zu lesende Buch enthält zahlreiche Zeichnungen und wird immer wieder von Anekdoten und biographischen Skizzen aufgelockert."Treffpunkt Buch plus, Biologie in unserer ZeitFrühjahr 2008
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" The Demon and the Quantum is accessible to a large spectrum of readers of PHYSICS TODAY ; it is worthwhile reading..." ( Physics Today , November 2008)"The relation between information and our current understanding of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics is profound, subtle, and complex..." ( CHOICE , May 2008)
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