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Nature Physics 2, 727 - 728 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys456
Subject Categories: Statistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamics | Quantum physics
Quantum Thermodynamics: Excuse our ignorance
Seth Lloyd1
- Seth Lloyd is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA e-mail: slloyd@mit.edu
Abstract
Classically, the second law of thermodynamics implies that our knowledge about a system always decreases. A more flattering interpretation connects entropy with the uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics.
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