{"product_id":"the-science-of-information-from-language-to-black-holes-benjamin-schumacher","title":"The Science of Information: From Language to Black Holes Benjamin Schumacher","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe science of information is the most influential, yet perhaps least appreciated field in science today. Never before in history have we been able to acquire, record, communicate, and use information in so many different forms. Never before have we had access to such vast quantities of data of every kind. This revolution goes far beyond the limitless content that fills our lives, because information also underlies our understanding of ourselves, the natural world, and the universe. It is the key that unites fields as different as linguistics, cryptography, neuroscience, genetics, economics, and quantum mechanics. And the fact that information bears no necessary connection to meaning makes it a profound puzzle that people with a passion for philosophy have pondered for centuries.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Transformability of Information 4\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eComputation and Logic Gates 17\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeasuring Information 26\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 4\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEntropy and the Average Surprise 34\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eData Compression and Prefix-Free Codes 44\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 6\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEncoding Images and Sounds 57\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 7\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNoise and Channel Capacity 69\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 8\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eError-Correcting Codes 82\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 9\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSignals and Bandwidth 94\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 10\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCryptography and Key Entropy 110\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 11\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCryptanalysis and Unraveling the Enigma 119\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 12\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnbreakable Codes and Public Keys 130\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 13\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Genetic Information Can Do 140\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 14\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLife’s Origins and DNA Computing 152\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 15\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNeural Codes in the Brain 169\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 16\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEntropy and Microstate Information 185\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 17\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErasure Cost and Reversible Computing 198\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 18\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHorse Races and Stock Markets 213\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 19\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTuring Machines and Algorithmic Information 226\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 20\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUncomputable Functions and Incompleteness 239\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 21\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQubits and Quantum Information 253\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 22\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuantum Cryptography via Entanglement 266\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 23\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt from Bit: Physics from Information 281\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLECTURE 24\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Meaning of Information 293\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Ex Libris Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44053596471523,"sku":"EXL1408","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/5675\/7951\/files\/41042248.jpg?v=1697567559","url":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismichigan.com\/products\/the-science-of-information-from-language-to-black-holes-benjamin-schumacher","provider":"Ex Libris Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}