Content tagged with “information”

“Not sure what to do with this book. I abandoned it about 2/3 of the way through, because I felt like I was over my head and wasn’t understanding anything. But, I was determined to ‘break it’ (see this review of an explanation of that term). So, I dove back in, reading the introduction and…”

“This is not a book for the casual reader. A lot of this went over my head, but I managed to maintain a loose grip on it until the end. Essentially, the author is arguing for the inclusion of information science along with physics, chemistry, and biology as the disciplines that deal with the origins…”

“Lovely biography of Claude Shannon, who gave us information/communication theory. Covers his life from birth to death, in short chapters, each devoted to some aspect or time period. The longest chapter is a discussion of ‘A Mathematical Basis for Communication,’ and is one of the best summaries…”

“This is an enormously conceptual book, and is more about economics than information. The author makes the claim that the functionality and ordering of atoms (?) in physical products is information, and this grows with economies. A computer is only worth more than the plastic and chemicals its made…”