Leon Brillouin

Science and Information Theory (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486316413
• Artikelnr.: 40289433

Autorenporträt

French physicist Leon Brillouin (1889-1969) spent most of his later career in the United States at IBM, Harvard, and Columbia University. A founder of modern solid state physics, he also contributed to quantum mechanics, radio wave propagation in the atmosphere, and information theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1. The Definition of Infor mation 2. Applications of
the Definitions and General Discussion 3. Redundancy in the English
Language 4. Principles of Coding, Discusiion of the Capaity of a Channel 5.
Coding Problems 6. Error Detecting and Correcting Codes 7. Applications to
Some Special Problems 8. The Analysis of Signals: Fourier Method and
Sampling Procedure 9. Summary of Thermodynamics 10. Thermal Agitation and
Brownian Motion 11. Thermal Noise in an Electric Circuit; Nyquist's Formula
12. The Negentropy Principle of Information 13. Maxwell's Demon and the
Negentropy Principle of Information 14. The Negentropy Principle of
Information in General Physics 15. Observation and Information 16.
Information Theory, the Uncertainty Principle, and Physical Limits of
Observation 17. The Negentropy Principle of Information in
Telecommunications 18. Writing, Printing, and Reading 19. The Problem of
Computing 20. Information, Organization, and Other Problems 21. Inevitable
Errors, Determinism, and Information 22. The Problem of Very Small
Distances Author Index Subject Index Books Published by L. Brillouin