01558cam a2200325 i 4500991003779389707536200318s2007 gw ac b 001 0 eng d9783527406883 (pbk.)b14386161-39ule_instBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Matematica e Fisica - Sez. Fisicaeng539.722530.1222LC QC174.12Scully, Robert J.786740The demon and the quantum :from the pythagorean mystics to Maxwell's demon and quantum mystery /Robert J. Scully ; with endnotes by Marlan O. ScullyWeinheim :Wiley-VCH,[2007]viii, 271 pages :illustrations, portraits ;22 cmIncludes bibliographical references and indexMathematics, mysticism, and more -- Mass in motion -- From engines to entropy -- From statistical entropy to statistical time -- Maxwell's demon and Szilard's one atom engine -- Quantum mechanics I -- Using quantum mechanics to resolve the Maxwell demon paradox -- Quantum mechanics IIQuantum theoryNuclear physicsAtomic theoryMaxwell's demonScully, Marlan Orvil.b1438616111-01-2118-03-20991003779389707536LE006 Fondo Polezzo 015Ex libris Stefano Polezzo12006000186551le006gE24.20-l- 00000.i1594431111-01-21Demon and the quantum1752235UNISALENTOle00618-03-20ma enggw 40