LEADER 00000cam a22003854a 4500 001 ocm53823411 005 20041006125012.0 008 031126s2004 mau b 001 0 eng 010 2003068570 020 0674013875|qalkaline paper 035 (OCoLC)ocm53823411 035 383677 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dIBS 042 pcc 049 RIDM 050 00 Q223|b.V66 2004 082 00 501/.4|222 090 Q223 .V66 2004 100 1 Von Baeyer, Hans Christian.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n83152728 245 10 Information :|bthe new language of science /|cHans Christian von Baeyer. 264 1 Cambridge, Mass. :|bHarvard University Press,|c2004. 300 xiv, 258 pages ;|c22 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index. 505 0 Electric rain : information in our lives -- The spell of Democritus : why information will transform physics -- In- formation : the roots fo 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 -- 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 -- The quantum gadget : quantum weirdness brought to light -- A game of beads : the wonder of superposition -- The Quiubit : information in the quantum age -- Quantum computing : putting Qubits to work -- Black holes : where information goes to hide -- Bits, bucks, hits and nuts : information theory beyond Shannon - - Zeilinger's principle : information at the root of reality. 650 0 Communication in science.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85029094 650 7 Communication in science.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/870268 901 MARCIVE 20231220 935 383677 994 E0|bRID
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