Maxwell's daemon, the Turing machine, and Jaynes' robot
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2007-06-13 v1 Probability
Statistics Theory
Statistics Theory
Abstract
A review of Jaynes' posthumous book "Probability Theory--The Logic of Science." I use scientific and personality elements gathered from other papers by Jaynes to help throw light on the origins of Jaynes' life quest.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0410411,
title = {Maxwell's daemon, the Turing machine, and Jaynes' robot},
author = {Tommaso Toffoli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0410411},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages, two-column latex