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Edwin Thompson Jaynes

Edwin Thompson Jaynes (July 5, 1922 – April 30, 1998) was the Wayman Crow Distinguished Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis. He wrote extensively on statistical mechanics and on foundations of probability and statistical inference, initiating in 1957 the maximum entropy interpretation of thermodynamics as being a particular…

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Known for
Maximum entropy thermodynamics Bayesian theory Jaynes–Cummings model Mind projection fallacy
Education
Cornell College Princeton University
Born
(1922-07-05)July 5, 1922 Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Died
April 30, 1998(1998-04-30) (aged 75) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Eugene Wigner
Doctoral students
Fred Cummings Joseph H. Eberly Douglas James Scalapino

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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → (1922-07-05)July 5, 1922 Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → April 30, 1998(1998-04-30) (aged 75) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → Eugene Wigner
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → Fred Cummings Joseph H. Eberly Douglas James Scalapino
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → Cornell College Princeton University
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → Physicist
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → Maximum entropy thermodynamics Bayesian theory Jaynes–Cummings model Mind projection fallacy
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → An electronic theory of ferroelectricity (1948)
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Edwin Thompson Jaynes → Washington University in St. Louis

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Edwin Thompson JaynesKnown forMaximum entropy thermodynamics Bayesian theory Jaynes–Cummings model Mind projection fallacy1.00infobox
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