Understanding Information: From the Big Bang to Big Data - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction.- From the Tannh¨auser Gate to z8 GND 5296: A day trip on the life-cycle of information.- Part II The World of Large and Small Systems.- Expanding Beyond the Solar System: Current Observation and Theory.- Information in Quantum Theory.- Part III The World of Living Things.- The Potential of Plants and Seeds in DNA-based Information Storage.- Memory Processing in the Nervous System.- From Computing Machines to Learning Intelligent Machines:Chronological Development of Alan Turing's Thought on Machines.- Finite Information Agency.- Part V The World of Networks, Clouds, and Big Data Processing.- Distributed and Connected Information in the Internet.- Custom Hardware Versus Cloud Computing in Big Data.- Part VI The World of Society and Philosophy.- Information Overload in a Data-intensive World.- Causal/Informational Theories of Mental Content.- Index.

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