*From:* Krassimir Markov mailto:mar...@foibg.com
*Sent:* Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:13 AM
*To:* fis@listas.unizar.es mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es
*Subject:* Re: [Fis] Info Theory
Dear Colleagues,
In the beginning of the XX-th century (approximately 100 years ago!) the
great Bulgarian poet
Saturday, January 29, 2011, 9:39:09 PM, Stanley wrote:
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Gavin Ritz garr...@xtra.co.nz wrote:
SS: Info theory presumably applies to everything and anything.
GR: It was never intended to apply to anything but communication
instruments. That is sending English
Dear FISers
We are heading now towards a new discussion session, on *BACKGROUND TO MODERN
SCIENCE.* It will be chaired by *Dr. James Hannan*.
James Hannam has a BA in Physics from the University of Oxford and a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge.
Robin --
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Robin Faichney ro...@robinfaichney.orgwrote:
Saturday, January 29, 2011, 9:39:09 PM, Stanley wrote:
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Gavin Ritz garr...@xtra.co.nz wrote:
SS: Info theory presumably applies to everything and anything.
GR: It was
(Msg. from John Collier)
Unfortunately for your position, Krassimir, there is a well established
usage of information in physics going back to Szillard's discussion of
Maxwell's Demon in 1929, well before the dawn of communication theory.
This usage is firmly entrenched in physics, used by
Greetings All,
I want to second Joseph’s claim that something may be transferred as
information, even if Stan’s “stuff” itself is not transferred. Waves, for
example, can often pass from one medium into another without a concomitant
transfer of stuff, and the form of the wave may be changed
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Robin Faichney
ro...@robinfaichney.orgwrote:
Conservation of information can be translated as
meaning that physical laws do not break down, and the state of
affairs at one time can be considered encoded in the state of
affairs at another
