Understanding Information : From the Big Bang to Big Data /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schuster, Alfons Josef. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing,
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Introduction
  • From the Tannh¨auser Gate to z8 GND 5296: A day trip on the life-cycle of information
  • Part II The World of Large and Small Systems
  • Expanding Beyond the Solar System: Current Observation and Theory
  • Information in Quantum Theory
  • Part III The World of Living Things
  • The Potential of Plants and Seeds in DNA-based Information Storage
  • Memory Processing in the Nervous System
  • From Computing Machines to Learning Intelligent Machines:Chronological Development of Alan Turing's Thought on Machines
  • Finite Information Agency
  • Part V The World of Networks, Clouds, and Big Data Processing
  • Distributed and Connected Information in the Internet
  • Custom Hardware Versus Cloud Computing in Big Data
  • Part VI The World of Society and Philosophy
  • Information Overload in a Data-intensive World
  • Causal/Informational Theories of Mental Content
  • Index.