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Maxwell's daemon, the Turing machine, and Jaynes' robot

arXiv:math/0410411

Abstract

A review of Jaynes' posthumous book "Probability Theory--The Logic of Science." I use scientific and personality elements gathered from other papers by Jaynes to help throw light on the origins of Jaynes' life quest.

3 pages, two-column latex

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