Understanding Information From the Big Bang to Big Data /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Schuster, Alfons Josef (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing,
• Θέματα: Computer science.; Coding theory.; Computers and civilization.; Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Computers and Society.; Coding and Information Theory.

The motivation of this edited book is to generate an understanding about information, related concepts and the roles they play in the modern, technology permeated world. In order to achieve our goal, we observe how information is understood in domains, such as cosmology, physics, biology, neuroscien...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.