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Which physicist's 'demon' thought experiment challenges entropy?

  • Maxwell
  • Boltzmann
  • Szilard

The answer is Maxwell. 's demon, sorting molecules.

James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon. Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism achieved the second great unification in physics, where the first one had been realised by Isaac Newton. Maxwell was also key in the creation of statistical mechanics.

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