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The illusion of realityJanuary 1989
Publisher:
  • Springer-Verlag
  • Berlin, Heidelberg
ISBN:978-0-387-96398-3
Published:01 January 1989
Pages:
339
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W. Richard Stark

The illusion of reality is a well-written and information-packed advanced text on information science. Information science as Resnikoff presents it is neither computer science, cognitive science, nor mathematics. It is a synthesis of—among other things—signal processing (in both the biological and electrical engineering senses), the theory of computation, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, psychology, and linguistics. The development of each topic begins with a sketch of its historical origins and progresses to the topic's role in today's research frontiers. In what ways can information be measured__?__ What is the information content of a calculation__?__ How do we justify the relation between thermodynamics and computing, especially between the Boltzmann distribution, entropy, annealing and neural networks__?__ What does quantum mechanics have to do with metabolic stability in life processes__?__ How is knowledge represented in biological systems, or in machines__?__ What is the nature of learning__?__ Where do invariants occur in information processing__?__ What are the peculiarities of biological information processing systems, and what are their possible implications for computer science__?__ What were the contributions of Maxwell, Szilard, Boltzmann, Heisenberg, Planck, Grassman, Weiner, von Neumann, Turing, Church, Weber, McCulloch, Pitts, Hartley, and Shannon__?__ If these or similar questions touch your interests, then you will enjoy this book. Resnikoff's presentation is clear, readable, and abundantly illustrated. He uses just enough mathematics to elevate the presentation from philosophy to useful science. You will not have to reread paragraphs several times just to find that the author didn't really know what he was talking about in the first place. This text is surely the most interesting and well-written treatment of these important topics to appear in many years. The illusion of reality is well worth buying and reading. (The title refers to a process of information reduction that occurs in biological systems between sensors and primary processors. So much information is discarded that the resulting description of reality could be expected to be illusory. How do biological systems determine which information can be eliminated without losing the essence of reality__?__)

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