Information and Its Role in NatureSpringer Science & Business Media, 23.05.2005 - 235 Seiten 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 information reducible to the laws of physics and chemistry? Does the Universe, in its evolution, constantly generate new information? Or are information and information-processing exclusive attributes of living systems, related to the very definition of life? If so, what is the role of information in classical and quantum physics? In what ways does information-processing in the human brain bring about self-consciousness? Accessible to graduate students and professionals from all scientific disciplines, this stimulating book will help to shed light on many controversial issues at the heart of modern science. |
Inhalt
1 Elements of Classical Information Theory | 7 |
12 Playing with an Idealized Pinball Machine | 11 |
13 Quantifying Statistical Information | 14 |
14 Algorithmic Information Complexity and Randomness | 23 |
A Prelude to Quantum Computing | 28 |
16 Objective and Subjective Aspects of Classical Information Theory | 32 |
Elements of Quantum Information Theory | 35 |
21 Basic Facts about Quantum Mechanics | 36 |
36 Connecting Pragmatic Information with Shannon Information | 121 |
The Active Role of Information in Biological Systems | 125 |
41 Patterns Images Maps and Feature Detection | 126 |
42 Representation of Information in the Neural System | 132 |
43 Memory Learning and Associative Recall | 140 |
44 Representation of Information in Biomolecular Systems | 148 |
45 Information and Life | 155 |
The Passive Role of Information in Physics | 161 |
22 Playing with a Quantum Pinball Machine | 43 |
23 The Counterintuitive Behavior of Quantum Systems | 48 |
24 Basic Algorithms for SingleParticle Quantum Systems | 51 |
25 Physics of the MachZehnder Interferometer | 54 |
26 Polarized Photons | 61 |
27 Quantum Bits Quantum Information and Quantum Computing | 64 |
28 Entanglement and Quantum Information | 69 |
29 Dense Coding Teleportation and Quantum Information | 75 |
Classical Quantum and InformationDriven Interactions | 79 |
31 The Genesis of Complexity and Organization | 81 |
32 Classical Interaction Mechanisms | 90 |
33 Classical Force Fields | 98 |
34 Quantum Interactions and Fields | 105 |
35 InformationDriven Interactions and Pragmatic Information | 111 |
Turning Observations into Information and Information into Knowledge | 162 |
52 Models Initial Conditions and Information | 166 |
53 Reversibility Determinism and Information | 170 |
54 Microstates and Macrostates | 173 |
55 Entropy and Information | 181 |
56 Physical Laws Classical and Quantum Measurements and Information | 187 |
Information and the Brain | 199 |
Breaking Up Information into Pieces | 207 |
Putting the Pieces Together Again in a Different Way | 213 |
64 Feelings Consciousness SelfConsciousness and Information | 217 |
65 Free Will and the MindBody Problem | 223 |
References | 225 |
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