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Information Theory And Evolution (Third Edition)

Author : John Scales Avery
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811250383
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Information Theory And Evolution (Third Edition) written by John Scales Avery and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution, against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems. As the author shows, this paradox has its resolution in the information content of the Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources. Another focus of the book is the role of information in human cultural evolution, which is also discussed with the origin of human linguistic abilities. One of the final chapters addresses the merging of information technology and biotechnology into a new discipline — bioinformation technology.This third edition has been updated to reflect the latest scientific and technological advances. Professor Avery makes use of the perspectives of famous scholars such as Professor Noam Chomsky and Nobel Laureates John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edward Moser to cast light on the evolution of human languages. The mechanism of cell differentiation, and the rapid acceleration of information technology in the 21st century are also discussed.With various research disciplines becoming increasingly interrelated today, Information Theory and Evolution provides nuance to the conversation between bioinformatics, information technology, and pertinent social-political issues. This book is a welcome voice in working on the future challenges that humanity will face as a result of scientific and technological progress.

Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life

Author : Hubert P. Yockey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521802932
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (29 download)

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Book Synopsis Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life by : Hubert P. Yockey

Download or read book Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life written by Hubert P. Yockey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms

Author : David J. C. MacKay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521642989
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)

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Book Synopsis Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms by : David J. C. MacKay

Download or read book Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms written by David J. C. MacKay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information theory and inference, taught together in this exciting textbook, lie at the heart of many important areas of modern technology - communication, signal processing, data mining, machine learning, pattern recognition, computational neuroscience, bioinformatics and cryptography. The book introduces theory in tandem with applications. Information theory is taught alongside practical communication systems such as arithmetic coding for data compression and sparse-graph codes for error-correction. Inference techniques, including message-passing algorithms, Monte Carlo methods and variational approximations, are developed alongside applications to clustering, convolutional codes, independent component analysis, and neural networks. Uniquely, the book covers state-of-the-art error-correcting codes, including low-density-parity-check codes, turbo codes, and digital fountain codes - the twenty-first-century standards for satellite communications, disk drives, and data broadcast. Richly illustrated, filled with worked examples and over 400 exercises, some with detailed solutions, the book is ideal for self-learning, and for undergraduate or graduate courses. It also provides an unparalleled entry point for professionals in areas as diverse as computational biology, financial engineering and machine learning.

Evolution, Thermodynamics, and Information

Author : Jeffrey S. Wicken
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195043181
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis Evolution, Thermodynamics, and Information by : Jeffrey S. Wicken

Download or read book Evolution, Thermodynamics, and Information written by Jeffrey S. Wicken and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking work approaches evolution as an expression of physical laws and thermodynamic theory. It explores the relationship between the molecular processes of evolution and the physical laws that govern biological organization, seeking to explain how the ability to change developed in the earliest organisms and how it is perpetuated today. Dr. Wicken explains how genetic information is organized, how it evolves, and how the chemical and physical properties of the genetic molecules control the type and extent of change possible. With broad implications for scientific methodology, the work outlines a research program that fuses thermodynamic and Darwinian concepts, and integrates literature on the origin of life with evolutionary theory within the context of developmental biology and ecology. Biologists, geneticists, chemists, physicists, and philosophers of science interested in evolution will find this book to be stimulating reading.

Signals

Author : Brian Skyrms
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199580820
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Signals written by Brian Skyrms and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Skyrms offers a fascinating demonstration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses various scientific tools to investigate how meaning and communication develop. Signals operate in networks of senders and receivers at all levels of life, transmitting and processing information. That is how humans and animals think and interact.

Introduction To Evolutionary Informatics

Author : Robert J Marks Ii
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813142162
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Introduction To Evolutionary Informatics written by Robert J Marks Ii and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science has made great strides in modeling space, time, mass and energy. Yet little attention has been paid to the precise representation of the information ubiquitous in nature.Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics fuses results from complexity modeling and information theory that allow both meaning and design difficulty in nature to be measured in bits. Built on the foundation of a series of peer-reviewed papers published by the authors, the book is written at a level easily understandable to readers with knowledge of rudimentary high school math. Those seeking a quick first read or those not interested in mathematical detail can skip marked sections in the monograph and still experience the impact of this new and exciting model of nature's information.This book is written for enthusiasts in science, engineering and mathematics interested in understanding the essential role of information in closely examined evolution theory.

Evolution As Entropy

Author : Daniel R. Brooks
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226075747
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Evolution As Entropy written by Daniel R. Brooks and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988-10-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition in just two years offers a considerably revised second chapter, in which information behavior replaces analogies to purely physical systems, as well as practical applications of the authors' theory. Attention is also given to a hierarchical theory of ecosystem behavior, taking note of constraints on local ecosystem members resul.

Information, Entropy, and Progress

Author : Robert U. Ayres
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780883189115
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Information, Entropy, and Progress written by Robert U. Ayres and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997-05-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Market: Those in economics, especially thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, cybernetics, information theory, resource use, and evolutionary economic behavior. This book presents an innovative and challenging look at evolution on several scales, from the earth and its geology and chemistry to living organisms to social and economic systems. Applying the principles of thermodynamics and the concepts of information gathering and self- organization, the author characterizes the direction of evolution in each case as an accumulation of "distinguishability" information--a type of universal knowledge.

Entropy, Information, and Evolution

Author : Bruce H. Weber
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780262731683
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (316 download)

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Book Synopsis Entropy, Information, and Evolution by : Bruce H. Weber

Download or read book Entropy, Information, and Evolution written by Bruce H. Weber and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1987-12-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most exciting and controversial areas of scientific research in recent years has been the application of the principles of nonequilibrium thermodynamics to the problems of the physical evolution of the universe, the origins of life, the structure and succession of ecological systems, and biological evolution.

Information Theory

Author : JV Stone
Publisher : Sebtel Press
ISBN 13 : 0956372856
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Information Theory written by JV Stone and published by Sebtel Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally developed by Claude Shannon in the 1940s, information theory laid the foundations for the digital revolution, and is now an essential tool in telecommunications, genetics, linguistics, brain sciences, and deep space communication. In this richly illustrated book, accessible examples are used to introduce information theory in terms of everyday games like ‘20 questions’ before more advanced topics are explored. Online MatLab and Python computer programs provide hands-on experience of information theory in action, and PowerPoint slides give support for teaching. Written in an informal style, with a comprehensive glossary and tutorial appendices, this text is an ideal primer for novices who wish to learn the essential principles and applications of information theory.

Information Theory and the Brain

Author : Roland Baddeley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521631971
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book Information Theory and the Brain written by Roland Baddeley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with information theory, a new and expanding area of neuroscience which provides a framework for understanding neuronal processing.

Development and Evolution

Author : Stanley N. Salthe
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262193351
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Development and Evolution written by Stanley N. Salthe and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development and Evolution surveys and illuminates the key themes of rapidly changing fields and areas of controversy that the redefining the theory and philosophy of biology. It continues Stanley Salthe's investigation of evolutionary theory, begun in his influential book Evolving Hierarchical Systems, while negating the implicit philosophical mechanisms of much of that work. Here Salthe attempts to reinitiate a theory of biology from the perspective of development rather than from that of evolution, recognizing the applicability of general systems thinking to biological and social phenomena and pointing towards a non-Darwinian and even a postmodern biology.

Evolution and the Myth of Creationism

Author : Tim M. Berra
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804717700
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Evolution and the Myth of Creationism written by Tim M. Berra and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives a description of evolutionary theory and analyzes the arguments of the creationists.

Information Theory and Language

Author : Łukasz Dębowski
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039360264
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book Information Theory and Language written by Łukasz Dębowski and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Information Theory and Language” is a collection of 12 articles that appeared recently in Entropy as part of a Special Issue of the same title. These contributions represent state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research at the interface of information theory and language studies. They concern in particular: • Applications of information theoretic concepts such as Shannon and Rényi entropies, mutual information, and rate–distortion curves to the research of natural languages; • Mathematical work in information theory inspired by natural language phenomena, such as deriving moments of subword complexity or proving continuity of mutual information; • Empirical and theoretical investigation of quantitative laws of natural language such as Zipf’s law, Herdan’s law, and Menzerath–Altmann’s law; • Empirical and theoretical investigations of statistical language models, including recently developed neural language models, their entropies, and other parameters; • Standardizing language resources for statistical investigation of natural language; • Other topics concerning semantics, syntax, and critical phenomena. Whereas the traditional divide between probabilistic and formal approaches to human language, cultivated in the disjoint scholarships of natural sciences and humanities, has been blurred in recent years, this book can contribute to pointing out potential areas of future research cross-fertilization.

Information and the Origin of Life

Author : Bernd-Olaf Küppers
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262111423
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Information and the Origin of Life written by Bernd-Olaf Küppers and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between law and chance in the early evolution of life is the guidingtheme of this provocative study. The author explores modern ideas about the origin of life from thestandpoint of philosophy of science, emphasizing the contribution made by information theory.Küppersasserts that all life phenomena are steered by information and that this information is alreadydefined materially in a universal form at the level of the biological macromolecule. The question ofthe origin of life turns out to be the question of the origin of biological informationInformationand the Origin of Life takes up the fundamental problems of whether and, if so, to what extent theorigin of semantic information during evolution can be explained as a general phenomenon within theframework of physics and chemistry. The results could have far-reaching consequences for such fieldsas the philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence.Bernd-Olaf Küppers has long focused hisattention on basic questions of natural science and the philosophy of science at the borders ofphysics, chemistry, and biology. He has been engaged since 1971 in research at the Max PlanckInstitute for Biophysical Chemistry, and from 1979 to 1984 he held lecture courses in philosophy atthe University of Göttingen

Information Theory and Evolution

Author : John Avery
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814401242
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Information Theory and Evolution written by John Avery and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information Theory and Evolution discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural evolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems. This paradox has its resolution in the information content of the Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources, as the author will show. The role of information in human cultural evolution is another focus of the book. The first edition of Information Theory and Evolution made a strong impact on thought in the field by bringing together results from many disciplines. The new second edition offers updated results based on reports of important new research in several areas, including exciting new studies of the human mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal DNA. Another extensive discussion featured in the second edition is contained in a new appendix devoted to the relationship of entropy and Gibbs free energy to economics. This appendix includes a review of the ideas of Alfred Lotka, Frederick Soddy, Nicholas Georgiescu-Roegen and Herman E. Daly, and discusses the relevance of these ideas to the current economic crisis. The new edition discusses current research on the origin of life, the distinction between thermodynamic information and cybernetic information, new DNA research and human prehistory, developments in current information technology, and the relationship between entropy and economics.

Knowledge and Power

Author : George Gilder
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621570274
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge and Power written by George Gilder and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronald Reagan’s most-quoted living author—George Gilder—is back with an all-new paradigm-shifting theory of capitalism that will upturn conventional wisdom, just when our economy desperately needs a new direction. America’s struggling economy needs a better philosophy than the college student's lament: "I can't be out of money, I still have checks in my checkbook!" We’ve tried a government spending spree, and we’ve learned it doesn’t work. Now is the time to rededicate our country to the pursuit of free market capitalism, before we’re buried under a mound of debt and unfunded entitlements. But how do we navigate between government spending that's too big to sustain and financial institutions that are "too big to fail?" In Knowledge and Power, George Gilder proposes a bold new theory on how capitalism produces wealth and how our economy can regain its vitality and its growth. Gilder breaks away from the supply-side model of economics to present a new economic paradigm: the epic conflict between the knowledge of entrepreneurs on one side, and the blunt power of government on the other. The knowledge of entrepreneurs, and their freedom to share and use that knowledge, are the sparks that light up the economy and set its gears in motion. The power of government to regulate, stifle, manipulate, subsidize or suppress knowledge and ideas is the inertia that slows those gears down, or keeps them from turning at all. One of the twentieth century’s defining economic minds has returned with a new philosophy to carry us into the twenty-first. Knowledge and Power is a must-read for fiscal conservatives, business owners, CEOs, investors, and anyone interested in propelling America’s economy to future success.