Szilard engine

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gptkbp:instanceOf thermodynamic thought experiment
gptkbp:category gptkb:information_theory
gptkb:statistical_mechanics
physics thought experiments
gptkbp:consistsOf heat reservoir
movable partition
single molecule gas
gptkbp:demonstrates relationship between information and thermodynamics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Szilard engine
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Leó_Szilárd
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:On_the_decrease_of_entropy_in_a_thermodynamic_system_by_the_intervention_of_intelligent_beings
gptkb:Zeitschrift_für_Physik
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Maxwell's_demon
gptkbp:shows measurement can extract work from a single heat bath
gptkbp:usedIn studies of entropy
studies of information theory
gptkbp:yearProposed 1929
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Leo_Szilard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3