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100 1  Hemmo, Meir.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n2012029897 
245 14 The Road to Maxwell's demon /|cMeir Hemmo, Orly Shenker. 
264  1 Cambridge, U.K. ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press,
       |c2012. 
300    1 online resource (xii, 327 pages) :|billustrations 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
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504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  1. Introduction -- 2. Thermodynamics -- 2.1. The 
       experience of asymmetry in time -- 2.2. The Law of 
       Conservation of Energy -- 2.3. The Law of Approach to 
       Equilibrium -- 2.4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 
       2.5. The status of the laws of thermodynamics -- 3. 
       Classical mechanics -- 3.1. The fundamental theory of the 
       world -- 3.2. Introducing classical mechanics -- 3.3. 
       Mechanical states -- 3.4. Time evolution of mechanical 
       states -- 3.5. Thermodynamic magnitudes -- 3.6. A 
       mechanical no-go theorem -- 3.7. The ergodic approach -- 
       3.8. Conclusion -- 4. Time -- 4.1. Introduction: why 
       mechanics cannot underwrite thermodynamics -- 4.2. 
       Classical kinematics -- 4.3. The direction of time and the
       direction of velocity in time -- 4.4. The description of 
       mechanical states -- 4.5. Velocity reversal -- 4.6. 
       Retrodiction -- 4.7. Time reversal and time-reversal 
       invariance -- 4.8. Why the time-reversal invariance of 
       classical mechanics matters -- 5. Macrostates -- 5.1. The 
       physical nature of macrostates -- 5.2. How do macrostates 
       come about? -- 5.3. Explaining thermodynamics with 
       macrostates -- 5.4. The dynamics of macrostates -- 5.5. 
       The physical origin of thermodynamic macrostates -- 5.6. 
       Boltzmann's macrostates -- 5.7. Maxwell-Boltzmann 
       distribution -- 5.8. The observer in statistical mechanics
       -- 5.9. Counterfactual observers -- 6. Probability -- 6.1.
       Introduction -- 6.2. Probability in statistical mechanics 
       -- 6.3. Choice of measure in statistical mechanics -- 6.4.
       Measure of a macrostate and its probability -- 6.5. 
       Transition probabilities without blobs -- 6.6. Dependence 
       on observed history? -- 6.7. The spin echo experiments -- 
       6.8. Robustness of transition probabilities -- 6.9. No 
       probability over initial conditions -- 7. Entropy -- 7.1. 
       Introduction -- 7.2. Entropy -- 7.3. The distinction 
       between entropy and probability -- 7.4. Equilibrium in 
       statistical mechanics -- 7.5. Law of Approach to 
       Equilibrium -- 7.6. Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 7.7. 
       Boltzmann's H-theorem -- 7.8. Loschmidt's reversibility 
       objection -- 7.9. Poincare's recurrence theorem -- 7.10. 
       Boltzmann's combinatorial argument -- 7.11. Back to 
       Boltzmann's equation: Lanford's theorem -- 7.12. 
       Conclusion -- 8. Typicality -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. 
       The explanatory arrow in statistical mechanics -- 8.3. 
       Typicality -- 8.4. Are there natural measures? -- 8.5. 
       Typical initial conditions -- 8.6. Measure-1 theorems and 
       typicality -- 8.7. Conclusion -- 9. Measurement -- 9.1. 
       Introduction -- 9.2. What is measurement in classical 
       mechanics? -- 9.3. Collapse in classical measurement -- 
       9.4. State preparation -- 9.5. The shadows approach -- 
       9.6. Entropy -- 9.7. Status of the observer -- 10. The 
       past -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. The problem of 
       retrodiction -- 10.3. The Past Hypothesis: memory and 
       measurement -- 10.4. The Reliability Hypothesis -- 10.5. 
       Past low entropy hypothesis -- 10.6. Remembering the 
       future -- 10.7. Problem of initial improbable state -- 
       10.8. The dynamics of the Past Hypothesis -- 10.9. Local 
       and global Past Hypotheses -- 10.10. Past Hypothesis and 
       physics of memory -- 10.11. Memory in a time-reversed 
       universe -- 11. Gibbs -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. The 
       Gibbsian method in equilibrium -- 11.3. Gibbsian method in
       terms of blobs and macrostates -- 11.4. Gibbsian 
       equilibrium probability distributions -- 11.5. The 
       approach to equilibrium -- 12. Erasure -- 12.1. 
       Introduction -- 12.2. Why there is no microscopic erasure 
       -- 12.3. What is a macroscopic erasure? -- 12.4. Necessary
       and sufficient conditions for erasure -- 12.5. Logic and 
       entropy -- 12.6. Another logically irreversible operation 
       -- 12.7. Logic and entropy: a model -- 12.8. What does 
       erasure erase? -- 12.9. Conclusion -- 13. Maxwell's Demon 
       -- 13.1. Thermodynamic and statistical mechanical demons -
       - 13.2. Szilard's insight -- 13.3. Entropy reduction: 
       measurement -- 13.4. Efficiency and predictability -- 
       13.5. Completing the cycle of operation: erasure -- 13.6. 
       The Liberal Stance -- 13.7. Conclusion -- Appendix A 
       Szilard's engine -- Appendix B Quantum mechanics -- B.1. 
       Albert's approach -- B.2. Bohmian mechanics -- B.3. A 
       quantum mechanical Maxwellian Demon. 
520    "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."--|cProvided by publisher. 
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