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Science and Information Theory

A classic source for exploring the connections between information theory and physics, this text is geared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. The author, a giant of twentieth-century mathematics, applies the principles of information theory to a variety of issues, including Maxwell's demon, thermodynamics, and measurement problems.
Author Leon Brillouin begins by defining and applying the term "information" and proceeds to explorations of the principles of coding, coding problems and solutions, the analysis of signals, a summary of thermodynamics, thermal agitation and Brownian motion, and thermal noise in an electric circuit. A discussion of the negentropy principle of information introduces Brillouin's renowned examination of Maxwell's demon. Concluding chapters explore the associations between information theory, the uncertainty principle, and physical limits of observation, in addition to problems related to computing, organizing information, and inevitable errors.

Reprint of the 2004 Dover Phoenix edition, originally published by Academic Press, New York, 1962.
science, physics, applied information theory, maxwells demon, thermodynamics, measurement problems, coding, signal analysis, thermal agitation, brownian motion, thermal noise, electric circuit, negentropy principle, uncertainty principle, physical limits of observation, channel capacity, error detecting, fourier method, sampling procedure, nyquists formula, telecommunications, determinism, organization, problem of very small distances;Information Theory; Coding; Maxwell's Demon; Signals; Thermal Noise
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A classic source for exploring the connections between information theory and physics, this text is geared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. The author, a giant of twentieth-century mathematics, applies the principles of information theory to a variety of issues, including Maxwell's demon, thermodynamics, and measurement problems.
Author Leon Brillouin begins by defining and applying the term "information" and proceeds to explorations of the principles of coding, coding problems and solutions, the analysis of signals, a summary of thermodynamics, thermal agitation and Brownian motion, and thermal noise in an electric circuit. A discussion of the negentropy principle of information introduces Brillouin's renowned examination of Maxwell's demon. Concluding chapters explore the associations between information theory, the uncertainty principle, and physical limits of observation, in addition to problems related to computing, organizing information, and inevitable errors.

Reprint of the 2004 Dover Phoenix edition, originally published by Academic Press, New York, 1962.
science, physics, applied information theory, maxwells demon, thermodynamics, measurement problems, coding, signal analysis, thermal agitation, brownian motion, thermal noise, electric circuit, negentropy principle, uncertainty principle, physical limits of observation, channel capacity, error detecting, fourier method, sampling procedure, nyquists formula, telecommunications, determinism, organization, problem of very small distances;Information Theory; Coding; Maxwell's Demon; Signals; Thermal Noise
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