Information and the world stage : from philosophy to science, the world of forms and communications /
Modern science is at a tipping point. A new page in the history of knowledge opens with the "information paradigm", a notion which is gradually supplanting the old mechanistic vision inherited from Galileo and Newton. The author presents an overview of the place of information and communic...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, UK : Hoboken, NY :
ISTE Ltd ; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2017.
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| Series: | Science, society and new technology series. Engineering, energy and architecture set ;
v. 1. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Modern science is at a tipping point. A new page in the history of knowledge opens with the "information paradigm", a notion which is gradually supplanting the old mechanistic vision inherited from Galileo and Newton. The author presents an overview of the place of information and communications in our time, explaining some reasons for focusing on these two notions. All areas of knowledge are concerned: philosophy, social sciences, biology, medicine, as well as physics, the so-called "queen of sciences", from quantum to cosmos. Quantum dynamics is particularly decisive for thinking about the phenomena of matter while offering a lever to understand the functioning of elementary information in nature. The central scientific thesis of this essay is then developed: physics has two components, concerning "communications" and "arrangements". This book is intended for scientific scholars as well as those with just a general interest who are anxious to understand the major evolutions that are taking shape in fields of knowledge in the 21. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 164 pages : : illustrations.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781119437017 (electronic bk.) 1119437016 (electronic bk.) |