Where Can I Find Good Books on Maxwell's Demon?

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Good resources for understanding Maxwell's Demon include textbooks on statistical mechanics and thermodynamics for a deeper grasp of the topic. For less rigorous or more advanced material, numerous online resources and college course notes are available. A recommended book is "Maxwell's Demon" by Hans Christian von Baeyer, published in 1998. Engaging with these materials can provide a solid foundation, and further questions can be addressed in the forum. Exploring both textbooks and online content will enhance comprehension of this complex subject.
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Can anyone recommend any good reading on Maxwell's demon? I'm mostly looking for things at the undergraduate level, but I don't mind something less rigorous or more advanced.

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If you're serious about understanding this topic in depth, you'll have to spend some quality time with a statistical mechanics and thermodynamics textbook

If you're not up for that there's a LOT available online on this topic. Google will find you some good sources - look especially for course notes from various college-level classes. Try reading these and then if you have more specific questions come back and ask them here.
 
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Maxwell's Demon by Hans Christian von Baeyer 1998
 

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