“This is a really great book – it describes a simple and beautiful idea in a way that is accessible for novices and experts alike. This “simple idea” is that information is a formal quantity that underlies nearly everything we do. In this book, Stone leads us through Shannon’s fundamental insights; starting with the basics of probability and ending with a range of applications including thermodynamics, telecommunications, computational neuroscience and evolution.
There are some lovely anecdotes: I particularly liked the account of how Samuel Morse (inventor of the Morse code) pre-empted modern notions of efficient coding by counting how many copies of each letter were held in stock in a printer’s workshop. The treatment of natural selection as “a means by which information about the environment is incorporated into DNA” is both compelling and entertaining.
Product details
- Paperback: ۲۶۰ pages
- Publisher: Sebtel Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: ۰۹۵۶۳۷۲۸۵۶
- ISBN-13: ۹۷۸-۰۹۵۶۳۷۲۸۵۷
- Product Dimensions: ۶ x 0.6 x 9 inches
- # Information Theory
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