Information, Randomness And Incompleteness: Papers On Algorithmic Information Theory (2nd Edition): 8 (World Scientific Series In Computer Science) [Hardcover] Chaitin, Gregory J

ISBN 10: 9810201540 / ISBN 13: 9789810201548

Published by World Scientific Publishing Company, 1990

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Very gentle shelf wear to extremities. Fading to spine and rear cover. Minor storage marks to page edges. Contents clear and legible. Seller Inventory # 031839-5

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Title: Information, Randomness And Incompleteness: ...

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

This book contains in easily accessible form all the main ideas of the creator and principal architect of algorithmic information theory. This expanded second edition has added thirteen abstracts, a 1988 Scientific American Article, a transcript of a EUROPALIA 89 lecture, an essay on biology, and an extensive bibliography. Its new larger format makes it easier to read. Chaitin's ideas are a fundamental extension of those of Gödel and Turning and have exploded some basic assumptions of mathematics and thrown new light on the scientific method, epistemology, probability theory, and of course computer science and information theory.

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This book contains in easily accessible form all the main ideas of the creator and principal architect of algorithmic information theory. This expanded second edition has added thirteen abstracts, a 1988 Scientific American Article, a transcript of a EUROPALIA 89 lecture, an essay on biology, and an extensive bibliography. Its new larger format makes it easier to read. Chaitin's ideas are a fundamental extension of those of G del and Turning and have exploded some basic assumptions of mathematics and thrown new light on the scientific method, epistemology, probability theory, and of course computer science and information theory.