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We review of the interface between (theoretical) physics and information for non-experts. The origin of information as related to the notion of entropy is described, first in the context of thermodynamics then in the context of statistical mechanics. A close examination of the foundations of statistical mechanics and the need to reconcile the probabilistic and deterministic views of the world leads us to a discussion of chaotic dynamics, where information plays a crucial role in quantifying p...
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- 10.1016/B978-0-444-51726-5.50020-0
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Pages:
- 609-683
- Publication date:
- 2007-08-21
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387666
- Local pid:
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- English
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- Copyright date:
- 2007
- Notes:
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The paper has 65 pages and 9 figures. It is a contribution to "The
handbook on the philosophy of information", edited by J. van Benthem and P.
Adriaans, to be published by Elsevier. In this revised version, we added
references, corrected typos and made some improvements in the text
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The Physics of Information
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