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In this thesis, I experimentally tested several fundamental relationships that describe the thermodynamics of information for systems in contact with a single thermal reservoir.

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Gavrilov, M. (2017). Conclusion. In: Experiments on the Thermodynamics of Information Processing. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63694-8_9

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