Maxwell's demon: Slamming the door

@article{Maddox2002MaxwellsDS,
  title={Maxwell's demon: Slamming the door},
  author={John Royden Maddox},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2002},
  volume={417},
  pages={903-903}
}
  • J. Maddox
  • Published 27 June 2002
  • Physics, Education
  • Nature
This famous thought experiment sets out to show a paradox in the second law of thermodynamics, but in reality Maxwell's "neat fingered being" would not get away with it. 
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