From primeval chaos to infinite intelligence : on information as a dimension and on entropy as a field of force
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From primeval chaos to infinite intelligence : on information as a dimension and on entropy as a field of force
(Avebury series in philosophy)
Avebury, c1995
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-148)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An examination of some of the philosophical and physical aspects of the nature of information. Chapters discuss such areas as entropy, quantum physics and evolution.
Table of Contents
- From pebble tools to computers
- the dimension of information
- entropy as a field of force
- quantum physics - the dimension of information and the field of entropy
- evolution - is it by chance or by necessity?
- survival and ethics
- the information dimension in retrospect
- postscript and epilogue. Appendix: from the lower part of Tiamat to the Law of D'arcy.
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