La scoperta dell'universo

الكتاب للأمانة دون مستوى الطموح بشكل عام. فمعظم مواضيعه تم التطرق لها في الأدبيات العلمية بطريقة أفضل. أما فيما يتعلق علاقة العلوم بعلم أو نظرية المعلومات information theory فلم يوفق الكاتب في العديد من الفصول في تفسير النظريات العلمية عن طريق نظرية المعلومات، على الرغم من وجود ترابط وتناظر جليان بين Leggi tutto

I spotted this book in Readings, on the famous bargains table, and since I’d been trying to explain to a friend of mine the importance of information theory (and had made a complete dog’s breakfast of it) it became urgent that I read a book on this subject again to refresh my memory. My first taste Leggi tutto

Seife gives the reader a sense of how looking through the lens of information theory can help in understanding some of the questions of current science, particularly modern physics and cosmology. In the early part of the book he relates it to entropy, and not just the common way we think of entropy, Leggi tutto

Information Theory for the average person at its best. Charles Seife clearly and concisely explains to readers how the universe is made up of pure information. In the process, he helps us to see where theoretical physics, biology and chemistry are pointing. Seife makes intricate scientific concepts

Narrowly conceived and poorly argued. Seife, a mathematician, writes in the style of a born-again Christian, combining reductive thinking with wide-eyed zeal. The Good News that has him fired up this time is the "discovery" that we can use similar mathematical formulas to describe events in a variet Leggi tutto

If you're less than a physicist but have the desire to expand your knowledge of science and universal information, this book for you. Charles Seife does an excellent job of blending (many) scientists past and present works smoothly into only 9 chapters, while preparing the reader for the future of t Leggi tutto

لم اتخيل يوما انني قد اقرا "كتاب" علميا عن النظريات والقوانين التي يُعتقد انها تسير هذا الكون وافهم هذه الامور بسهولة، لكن هذا المؤلف البارع والمبهر اثبت خطأ اعتقادي، فقد شرح كل شيء ببساطة ولكنه استوفى كل شي عن كل شيء تقريبا،، النظرية النسبية، النظرية الكمية، مبدا عدم اليقين، الاكوان المتعددة، انه م Leggi tutto

Interesting, but a little annoying Seife begins with an introduction to information theory. He talks about redundancy and the relationship of entropy and probability to information. He recalls the work of Turing and Shannon. Then he reviews relativity as he leads us to quantum mechanics. He recalls t Leggi tutto

الانتروبيا هو سهم الزمن.

From a non-specialist perspective, I found Seife’s presentation remarkably engaging. Admittedly, when I purchased the book a few years back, I was unable to grasp enough to keep me going. Since then I’ve read other books that delved into Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, Information Theory, wave-partic Leggi tutto