Going Round in Circles: Landauer vs. Norton on the Thermodynamics of Computation

There seems to be a consensus among physicists that there is a connection between information processing and thermodynamics. In particular, Landauer’s Principle (LP) is widely assumed as part of the foundation of information theoretic/computational reasoning in diverse areas of physics including cos...

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Main Authors: James Ladyman, Katie Robertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/16/4/2278