Understanding information : from the big bang to big data /: from the big bang to big data. (2017)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Understanding information : from the big bang to big data /: from the big bang to big data. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Understanding information : from the big bang to big data
- Further Information:
- Note: Alfons Josef Schuster, editor.
- Editors:
- Schuster, Alfons
- Contents:
- 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.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 003/.54
Computer science
Information theory
SCIENCE -- System Theory
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Operations Research
Information theory
Computers -- Social Aspects -- General
Computers -- Information Theory
Ethical & social aspects of IT
Coding theory & cryptology
Coding theory
Computers -- Information Technology
Information retrieval
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319590905
3319590901 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319590899
3319590898 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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