Physicist James Clerk Maxwell proposed the devil thought experiment in 1867.
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A chemical pump, based on a 19th century thought experiment involving an invisible “devil,” could help separate chemicals in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Maxwell's demon was first proposed by physicist James Clerk Maxwell in 1867, in which a tiny demon controls two gas boxes separated by a gravity-free door. The demon allows only fast-moving particles to pass in one direction, and slow-moving particles to pass in the opposite direction. This causes one box to heat up and the other to cool down. However, this is …
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