Original title: Laplace's Demon vs Maxwell's Demon: From historical myths to topological evolution
Authors: Gottvald, Aleš
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: MENDEL 2002, Brno (CZ), 2002-06-05 / 2002-06-07
Year: 2002
Language: eng
Abstract: In sharp contrast with a common myth, Laplace appears as a pioneer of probabilistic determinism in science, with probabilities representing our incomplete knowledge. Thus, we warm that a completely false image of Laplace have developed in history of physics and philosophy. We introduce "Laplace's Demon" and "Maxwell's Demon" from an information-theoretic perspective,and indicate their omnipotent roles in physical theories, e.g., evolutionary laws with topological changes.
Keywords: Laplace's Demon; Maxwell's Demon; topological evolution
Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z2065902 (CEP), ME 526, KONTAKT 57/2000
Funding provider: GA MŠk, AIPk
Host item entry: Mendel 2002, ISBN 80-214-2135-5

Institution: Institute of Scientific Instruments AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0101145

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