Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information
Three Scientists and Their Gods: Looking for Meaning in an Age of Information
Examines the concepts of information, meaning, and purpose, describes the function of information at various levels of organization, and discusses the theories of Edward Fredkin, Edward O. Wilson, and Kenneth Blouding.
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- ISBN-13
- 9780060972578
- Genre
- Topics
- Information theoryMeaning and purposeScientific philosophy
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyShortlistedMajor(1988)
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