Information Is Energy: Definition of a Physically Based Concept of Information - Paperback

by Lienhard Pagel (Author)

In diesem Buch wird ausgehend vom Shannonschen Entropiebegriff ein objektiver, dynamischer und physikalisch begründeter Informationsbegriff erarbeitet und auf die Informationstechnik und Thermodynamik angewandt. Die Begründung eines Informationserhaltungssatzes wird praktische Bedeutung in der Informationstechnik erhalten, insbesondere wenn sie in den Bereich der Quanten (Photonik/ Quantencomputing) arbeitet. Die unbedingte Dynamik von Information und die Objektivität der Information wird ebenfalls vertieft und behandelt.

Back Jacket

An objective, dynamic and physically justified concept of information is elaborated starting from Shannon's concept of entropy and applied to information technology, artificial intelligence (consciousness) and thermodynamics. The justification of an information conservation theorem acquires practical significance in information technology, especially as it moves into the quantum realm (photonics/quantum computing). The unconditional dynamics of information and its objectivity are critically examined and are the foundations of the considerations.

Content

• Introduction
• Information - physically and dynamically based
• Comparative View to the Concept of Information
• Entropy and Information
• Dynamic Concept of Information and Thermodynamics
• Irreversible Processes and Structure Formation
• Consciousness
• Astronomy and Cosmology

Target groups
Researchers and postgraduates in the fieldsof information technology, physics, thermodynamics and computer science.

Author
Lienhard Pagel is professor emeritus of microsystems and device technology at the University of Rostock.

Author Biography

Lienhard Pagel is professor emeritus of microsystems and device technology at the University of Rostock