Maxwell's Demon 2 Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing (Paperback)

OVERVIEW Introduction. The Demon and Its Properties. Szilard's Model: Entropy and Information AcquisitionInformation Acquisition via Light Signals: A Temporary ResolutionComputers and Erasure of Information: A New Resolution Other Aspects of Maxwell's DemonEARLY HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONSThomson, W. (1874): The kinetic theory of the dissipation of energy Daub, E.E. (1970) Maxwell's demon Klein, M.J. (1970): Maxwell, his demon, and the second law of thermodynamics Brillouin, L. (1949): Life, thermodynamics, and cyberneticsRothstein, J. (1951): Information, measurement, and quantum mechanicsSMOLUCHOWSKI TRAP DOORS AND INFORMATION ACQUISITIONSkordos, P.A., and Zurek, W.H. (1992): Maxwell's demon, rectifiers, and the second law: Computer simulation of Smoluchowski's trapdoorRex, A.F., and Larsen, R. (1992): Entropy and information for an automated Maxwell's demonSzilard, L. (1929): On the decrease of entropy in a thermodynamic system by the intervention of intelligent beingsBrillouin, L. (1951): Maxwell's demon cannot operate: Information and entropy I Jauch, J.M. & Byron, J.G. (1972): Entropy, information and Szilard's paradox Costa de Beauregard, O. & Tribus, M. (1974): Information theory and thermodynamicsINFORMATION ERASURE: LANDAUER'S PRINCIPLELandauer, R. (1961): Irreversibility and heat generation in the computing processLeff, H.S. and Rex, A.F. (1994): Entropy of measurement and erasure: Szilard's membrane model revisitedShizume, K (1995): Heat generation required by erasurePiechocinska, B (2000): Information erasureQUANTUM NUANCESZurek, W.H. (1984): Maxwell's demon, Szilard's engine and quantum measurements Lubkin, E. (1987): Keeping the entropy of measurement: Szilard revisitedLloyd, S. (1989): Use of mutual information to decrease entropy: Implications for the second law of thermodynamicsLloyd, S. (1997): Quantum-mechanical Maxwell's demonVedral, V. (2000): Landauer's erasure, error correction and entanglement. ALGORITHMIC INFORMATIONCaves, C.M. (1993): Information and entropySchack, R. (1997): Algorithmic information and simplicity in statistical physicsZurek, W.H. (1999): Algorithmic randomness, physical entropy, measurements, and the demon of choiceCOMPUTATION: THERMODYNAMICS AND LIMITSBennett, C.H. (1982): The thermodynamics of computation: a reviewLandauer, R. (1987): Computation: A fundamental physical viewBennett, C. H. (1988): Notes on the history of reversible computation Landauer, R. (1996): The physical nature of informationLandauer, R. (1996): Minimal energy requirements in communicationBennett, C.H. (1998): Information physics in cartoonsGershenfeld, N. (1996): Signal entropy and the thermodynamics of computationLloyd, S. (2000): Ultimate physical limits to computation