Maxwell's demon and Thomas Pynchon

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Difference between Maxwell's demon and Thomas Pynchon

Maxwell's demon vs. Thomas Pynchon

In the philosophy of thermal and statistical physics, Maxwell's demon is a thought experiment created by the physicist James Clerk Maxwell in which he suggested how the second law of thermodynamics might hypothetically be violated. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist.

Similarities between Maxwell's demon and Thomas Pynchon

Maxwell's demon and Thomas Pynchon have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Entropy, Henry Adams, History, The Crying of Lot 49, Thought experiment, Uncertainty principle.

Entropy

In statistical mechanics, entropy is an extensive property of a thermodynamic system.

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Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and member of the Adams political family, being descended from two U.S. Presidents.

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History

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.

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The Crying of Lot 49

The Crying of Lot 49 is a novella by Thomas Pynchon, first published in 1966.

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Thought experiment

A thought experiment (Gedankenexperiment, Gedanken-Experiment or Gedankenerfahrung) considers some hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.

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Uncertainty principle

In quantum mechanics, the uncertainty principle (also known as Heisenberg's uncertainty principle) is any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle, known as complementary variables, such as position x and momentum p, can be known.

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Maxwell's demon and Thomas Pynchon Comparison

Maxwell's demon has 85 relations, while Thomas Pynchon has 359. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 1.35% = 6 / (85 + 359).

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