Information and Its Role in Nature

• Main Author: Roederer, Juan G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Computer science.; Coding theory.; Life sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Popular works.; Physics, general.; Coding and Information Theory.; Life Sciences, general.; Computer Science, general.; Evolutionary Biology.; Popular Science, general.

Infromation and Its Role in Nature presents an in-depth interdisciplinary discussion of the concept of information and its role in the control of natural processes. After a brief review of classical and quantum information theory, the author addresses numerous central questions, including: Is inform...

Table of Contents:

• Elements of Classical Information Theory
• Elements of Quantum Information Theory
• Classical, Quantum and Information-Driven Interactions
• The “Active” Role of Information in Biological Systems
• The ‘Passive’ Role of Information in Physics
• Information and the Brain.