作者: Koji Maruyama , Franco Nori , Vlatko Vedral
关键词: Maxwell's demon 、 Modern physics 、 Philosophy of thermal and statistical physics 、 Quantum information science 、 Demon 、 Second law of thermodynamics 、 Quantum information 、 Relational order theories 、 Physics 、 Theoretical physics
摘要: Maxwell's demon was born in 1867 and still thrives modern physics. He plays important roles clarifying the connections between two theories: thermodynamics information. Here history of a variety interesting consequences second law are presented, mainly quantum mechanics, but also theory gravity. Also highlighted some recent work that explores role information, illuminated by demon, arena quantum-information theory.