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Complexity, Entropy, and the Physics of Information: Volume I
The specter of information is haunting sciences. With these words, Wojciech H. Zurek invited fellow scientists to attend the 1989 Santa Fe Institute workshop on which this proceedings volume is based. Thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, the quantum theory of measurement, the physics of computation, dynamical systems, molecular biology, and computer science—information remains central to the 32 essays collected in this new edition of Complexity, Entropy & the Physics of Information . Like the original meeting, this two-volume set explores the connections between quantum and classical physics, information and its transfer, and computation—and their significance for the formulation of physical theories. A newly written preface from attendee Seth Lloyd contextualizes the significance of this record of a meeting that marked the intersection of information, physics, complexity, and computation.
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444 pages, Paperback
Published February 25, 2023
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September 25, 2024
Fascinante. La teorÃa de la información aparece en los lugares más inesperados. La fÃsica necesariamente tendrá que combinarse con el estudio de la complejidad y la computación para encontrar una teorÃa más completa del Universo.
Este libro es una recopilación de artÃculos presentados en una conferencia de 1989. En los 35 años que pasaron, los conceptos e ideas introducidos parecen francamente prescientes, aún más considerando la reciente explosión en el desarrollo de IA y los rápidos avances en la fÃsica de la materia condensada.
Este libro es una recopilación de artÃculos presentados en una conferencia de 1989. En los 35 años que pasaron, los conceptos e ideas introducidos parecen francamente prescientes, aún más considerando la reciente explosión en el desarrollo de IA y los rápidos avances en la fÃsica de la materia condensada.
October 25, 2023
Information Theory is the mathematical study of information. It concerns the surprise inherent in a message. That measure is called the entropy. If you are reading this message, you benefit from Information Theory.
After Claude Shannon developed Information Theory, it appeared to be a solution in search of a problem. Shannon's seminal paper from 1948 unleashed a deluge of half-baked works on everything from anthropology to literature.
In 1989, there was a workshop in Santa Fe. It was well-attended, considering the state of the field, and ran for three days. The book is a procedural on the event. It is the first volume of a two-volume set.
The book is titled Complexity, Entropy, and The Physics of Information. The book is a collection of sixteen essays on applying Information Theory to Computation, Black Hole Entropy, and other fields. Each piece has a bibliography for further reading.
The book is not for the layperson. The authors use jargon and professional terms for everything. Some of the essays are more abstruse than others. The twelfth article is the most difficult to understand, in my opinion, but it may be that I don't have any background required to know what the author is talking about. The author in question is Stuart A. Kauffman from the University of Pennsylvania.
The editor is one of the attendees, Wojciech H. Zurek. He was a member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Each essay introduces the author with a line saying where they work. For this volume, I only recognized one author, John Archibald Wheeler. He presented a topic linking Information theory and quantum mechanics.
I bought the book expecting Information Theory applications for physics and other fields. It delivered on that account, but I did find it challenging to understand.
I enjoyed the book, but it was too specialized to understand some things. I wouldn't recommend it to a person looking for an introduction to the field. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.
After Claude Shannon developed Information Theory, it appeared to be a solution in search of a problem. Shannon's seminal paper from 1948 unleashed a deluge of half-baked works on everything from anthropology to literature.
In 1989, there was a workshop in Santa Fe. It was well-attended, considering the state of the field, and ran for three days. The book is a procedural on the event. It is the first volume of a two-volume set.
The book is titled Complexity, Entropy, and The Physics of Information. The book is a collection of sixteen essays on applying Information Theory to Computation, Black Hole Entropy, and other fields. Each piece has a bibliography for further reading.
The book is not for the layperson. The authors use jargon and professional terms for everything. Some of the essays are more abstruse than others. The twelfth article is the most difficult to understand, in my opinion, but it may be that I don't have any background required to know what the author is talking about. The author in question is Stuart A. Kauffman from the University of Pennsylvania.
The editor is one of the attendees, Wojciech H. Zurek. He was a member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Each essay introduces the author with a line saying where they work. For this volume, I only recognized one author, John Archibald Wheeler. He presented a topic linking Information theory and quantum mechanics.
I bought the book expecting Information Theory applications for physics and other fields. It delivered on that account, but I did find it challenging to understand.
I enjoyed the book, but it was too specialized to understand some things. I wouldn't recommend it to a person looking for an introduction to the field. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.
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