Information The New Language of Science

Name: Information The New Language of Science
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ISBN: 9780674018570

ISBN-10: 0674018575

ISBN-13: 9780674018570

Edition: 2003

Authors: Hans Christian von Baeyer

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Information is poised to replace matter as the primary stuff of the universe, von Baeyer suggests; it will provide a new basic framework for describing and predicting reality in the twenty-first century. Despite its revolutionary premise, the book is written lucidly and offers a superb introduction to classical and quantum information.

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Hans Christian von Baeyer is Chancellor Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at the College of William and Mary.



Prologue: Really Big Questions


Background



Electric Rain: Information in our lives



The Spell of Democritus: Why information will transform physics



In-Formation: The roots of the concept



Counting Bits: The scientific measure of information



Abstraction: Beyond concrete reality



The Book of Life: Genetic information



A Battle Among Giants: Reductionism and emergence



The Oracle of Copenhagen: Science is about information


Classical Information



Figuring the Odds: How probability measures information



Counting Digits: The ubiquitous logarithm



The Message on the Tombstone: The meaning of entropy



Randomness: The flip side of information



Electric Information: From Morse to Shannon



Noise: Nuisance and necessity



Ultimate Speed: The information speed limit



Unpacking Information: The computer in the service of physics



Bioinformatics: Biology meets information technology



Information is Physical: The cost of forgetting


Quantum Information



The Quantum Gadget: Quantum weirdness brought to light



A Game of Beads: The wonder of superposition



The Qubit: Information in the quantum age



Quantum Computing: Putting qubits to work



Black Holes: Where information goes to hide


Work in Progress



Bits, Bucks, Hits and Nuts: Information theory beyond Shannon



Zeilinger's Principle: Information at the root of reality


Notes


Index