Information as a basic property of the universe

BioSystems

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 135-140

  Stonier, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Infons; Information theory; Potential energy; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMOS; ENERGY; ENTROPY; INFORMATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029921353     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(96)88368-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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