Understanding information : from the big bang to big data /: from the big bang to big data. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 4, 2017).
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