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Complexity as thermodynamic depth
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lloyd, S., & Pagels, H.
- Venue
- Annals of Physics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1988-11
- Volume
- 188
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 186-213
- ISSN
- 0003-4916 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1981700764
- Cited by
- 517
- References
- 22
- FWCI
- 7.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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