The Physics of Information F. ALEXANDER BAIS AND J. DOYNE FARMER The notion of information as used by Shannon is a generalization of the notion of entropy, which _rst appeared in thermodynamics. In thermodynamics entropy is an abstract quantity depending on heat and temperature whose interpretation is not obvious. . . . . It turns out that the concept of entropy or equivalently information is useful in many applications that have nothing to do with physics . http://arxiv.org/pdf/0708.2837v2.pdf
=====. # The mathematician John von Neumann said to "the father of information theory" Claude Shannon: " Name it "entropy" then in discussions you will receive solid advantage, because nobody knows, what "entropy" basically is ". ==========.. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
