Mind the Gap: Transitions Between Concepts of Information in Varied Domains

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science(Netherlands)

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-141

  Robinson, Lyn ^a   Bawden, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information Concept; Information Term; Living Thing; Meaningful Information; Physical Realm

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145337023     PISSN: 18717381     EISSN: 22151958     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6973-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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