Science from Fisher Information - A Unification (Paperback, Revised edition)

This book develops and applies an analytical approach to deriving the probability laws of science in general. It is called 'extreme physical information' or EPI. EPI is an expression of the imperfection of observation: Owing to random interaction of a subject with its observer and other possible disturbances, its measurement contains less Fisher information than does the subject per se. Moreover, the information loss is an extreme value. An EPI output may alternatively be viewed as the payoff of a zero-sum game of information acquisition between the observer and a 'demon' in subject space. EPI derives, Escher-like, the very probability law that gave rise to the measurement. In applications, EPI is used to derive both existing and new analytical relations governing probability laws of physics, genetics, cancer growth, ecology and economics. This unified approach will be fascinating to students and those who seek a new mathematical tool of research.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	B. Roy Frieden
Dimensions:	247 x 175 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	504
Edition:	Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-00911-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General
LSN:	0-521-00911-1
Barcode:	9780521009119

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