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The Robot Brains Podcast

CHAPTER

Maxwell's Demon: A Great Thought Experiment

James Clerk Maxwell sought a device that could make heat flow from cold to hot. He called it 'Maxwell's demon' and wanted to understand why we can't build such a device. Now, scientists have found out they can create one with just contact. But the process is very difficult because of time reversibility.

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