1. Mathematics, Mysticism, and more
2. Mass in Motion
3. From Engines to Entropy: Carnot and Clausius develop the
Yardstick of Engine Efficiency
4. From Statistical Entropy to Statistical Time: Thermodynamics
evolves from being an Engineers' Tool to becoming a Philosophers'
Gold Mine
5. Maxwell's Demon leads us to combine Consciousness, Entropy, and
Information
6. Quantum Mechanics I: From Micromagnets to Micromasers
7. Using Quantum Mechanics to Resolve the Maxwell Demon Paradox
8. Quantum Mechanics II: The Wave Side of Particles and the
Particle Side of Waves
9. From Wigner's Friend to Quantum Erasure: Of Wigner's Friends and
their Amnesia
10. On Quantum Mechanics and the Big Questions
Marlan O. Scully holds joint appointments at Texas A&M and
Princeton Universities. He is a member of the National Academy of
Science and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. During the course of his
life work on the foundations and applications of quantum mechanics,
he has come to know many of the pioneers in the field and has
collected biographical material on them, which R. Scully has woven
into this book.
Robert J. Scully is a heavy equipment diesel mechanic living and
working in Irving, Texas, where he is employed by the Caterpillar
Corporation. His academic connections include the University of New
Mexico and the University of Texas at Dallas. He was a tank diesel
mechanic in the marine corps from 1988 to 1993. Robert Scully
writes biographies for the National Academy of Sciences, including
one on William Hewlett of the Hewlett Packard Corporation and one
on quantum physicist Leonard Mandel.
"The Demon and the Quantum is accessible to a large spectrum of
readers of PHYSICS TODAY; it is worthwhile reading…" (Physics
Today, November 2008)
"The relation between information and our current understanding of
quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics is
profound, subtle, and complex…" (CHOICE, May 2008)
By focusing on entropy, information, and observation,
the authors bring a unique perspective to this subject, providing
an insight into the strange
ways of the quantum that will fascinate scientists and lay readers
alike.
"By focusing on entropy, information, and observation, the authors
bring a unique perspective to this subject, providing an insight
into the strange ways of the quantum that will fascinate scientists
and lay readers alike." (Zentralblatt MATH 2016)
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