"Teoria quàntica." . . . . "The Road to Maxwell's demon : conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics" . . . "Mathematical treatments are avoided where possible, and instead the authors use novel diagrams to illustrate the text. This is a fascinating book for graduate students and researchers interested in the foundations and philosophy of physics.\"--pub. desc." . . . . . . . . . . . . "Road to maxwell's demon : conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics" . . . . . . . . "Online-Publikation" . . . . "The Road to Maxwell's Demon Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Mechanics" . . . "The Road to Maxwell's demon conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics" . "The Road to Maxwell's demon conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics"@en . "Electronic books"@en . . . "\"Time asymmetric phenomena are successfully predicted by statistical mechanics. Yet the foundations of this theory are surprisingly shaky. Its explanation for the ease of mixing milk with coffee is incomplete, and even implies that un-mixing them should be just as easy. In this book the authors develop a new conceptual foundation for statistical mechanics that addresses this difficulty. Explaining the notions of macrostates, probability, measurement, memory, and the arrow of time in statistical mechanics, they reach the startling conclusion that Maxwell's Demon, the famous perpetuum mobile, is consistent with the fundamental physical laws." . . "\"Time asymmetric phenomena are successfully predicted by statistical mechanics. Yet the foundations of this theory are surprisingly shaky. Its explanation for the ease of mixing milk with coffee is incomplete, and even implies that un-mixing them should be just as easy. In this book the authors develop a new conceptual foundation for statistical mechanics that addresses this difficulty. Explaining the notions of macrostates, probability, measurement, memory, and the arrow of time in statistical mechanics, they reach the startling conclusion that Maxwell's Demon, the famous perpetuum mobile, is consistent with the fundamental physical laws. Mathematical treatments are avoided where possible, and instead the authors use novel diagrams to illustrate the text. This is a fascinating book for graduate students and researchers interested in the foundations and philosophy of physics.\"--"@en . "The Road to Maxwell's demon : conceptual foundation of statistical mechanics" . . . "The Road to Maxwell's demon" . "The Road to Maxwell's demon"@en . . . . . . . "A philosophical perspective to statistical mechanics for graduate students and researchers in the foundations and philosophy of physics."@en . . . "The road to Maxwell's demon : conceptual foundations of statistical mechanics" . . . . . . . . . "Entropia." . . "Statistical thermodynamics." . . "Statistische mechanica." . . "Statistical mechanics." . . "Segon principi de la termodinàmica." . . "Probabilitats." . . "Mécanique statistique." . . "Maxwellscher Dämon." . . "SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics" . . "Maxwell's demon." . . "Teoria cinètica de la matèria." . . "Second law of thermodynamics." . . "Thermodynamica." . . "Statistische Thermodynamik." . . "Mecànica estadística." . . . . "Termodinàmica estadística." . . "Teoria de la informació." . .