Road to Maxwell's Demon

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"Modern economic growth, defined as a sustained rise in per capita income (Kuznets 1966C001-025), has created higher levels of prosperity for many more people on earth than was ever thought possible before it began. Moreover, it began not so very long ago, perhaps as late as the middle of the nineteenth century and certainly not before the end of the seventeenth century"--

subjects: Maxwell's demon,  Statistical thermodynamics,  Second law of thermodynamics,  Maxwell, james clerk, 1831-1879,  Statistical mechanics,  Capitalism,  History,  Economic history,  BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History,  Globalisierung,  Kapitalismus,  Wirtschaftsentwicklung,  Wirtschaftspolitik

People: James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)