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Information and Interaction

Ian T. Durham
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      In this essay collection, leading physicists, philosophers, and historians attempt to fill the empty theoretical ground in the foundations of information and address the related question of the limits to our knowledge of the world.Over recent decades, our practical approach to information and its exploitation has radically outpaced our theoretical understanding - to such a degree that reflection on the foundations may seem futile. But it is exactly fields such as quantum information, which are shifting the boundaries of the physically possible, that make a foundational understanding of information increasingly important. One of the recurring themes of the book is the claim by Eddington and Wheeler that information involves interaction and putting agents or observers centre stage. Thus, physical reality, in their view, is shaped by the questions we choose to put to it and is built up from the information residing at its core. This is the root of Wheeler’s famous phrase “it from bit.” After reading the stimulating essays collected in this volume, readers will be in a good position to decide whether they agree with this view.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Ian T. Durham EAN: 9783319829043 COUNTRY: Switzerland PAGES: WEIGHT: 454 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer International Publishing AG DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-07-04 CITY: GENRE: COMPUTERS / Information Technology, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Philosophy of science, Physics, Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Materials science, Mathematical theory of computation

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      In this essay collection, leading physicists, philosophers, and historians attempt to fill the empty theoretical ground in the foundations of information and address the related question of the limits to our knowledge of the world.Over recent decades, our practical approach to information and its exploitation has radically outpaced our theoretical understanding - to such a degree that reflection on the foundations may seem futile. But it is exactly fields such as quantum information, which are shifting the boundaries of the physically possible, that make a foundational understanding of information increasingly important. One of the recurring themes of the book is the claim by Eddington and Wheeler that information involves interaction and putting agents or observers centre stage. Thus, physical reality, in their view, is shaped by the questions we choose to put to it and is built up from the information residing at its core. This is the root of Wheeler’s famous phrase “it from bit.” After reading the stimulating essays collected in this volume, readers will be in a good position to decide whether they agree with this view.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Ian T. Durham EAN: 9783319829043 COUNTRY: Switzerland PAGES: WEIGHT: 454 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Springer International Publishing AG DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-07-04 CITY: GENRE: COMPUTERS / Information Technology, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Philosophy of science, Physics, Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Materials science, Mathematical theory of computation

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