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Information and Interaction - Eddington, Wheeler, and the Limits of Knowledge (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017) Loot Price: R2,244
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Information and Interaction - Eddington, Wheeler, and the Limits of Knowledge (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st...

Information and Interaction - Eddington, Wheeler, and the Limits of Knowledge (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

Ian T Durham, Dean Rickles

Series: The Frontiers Collection

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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.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: The Frontiers Collection
Release date: July 2018
First published: 2017
Editors: Ian T Durham • Dean Rickles
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 212
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-82904-3
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation
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LSN: 3-319-82904-1
Barcode: 9783319829043

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