Information, Randomness and Incompleteness: Papers on Algorithmic Information Theory (2nd Edition) (World Scientific Computer Science)

ISBN 10: 9810201540 / ISBN 13: 9789810201548

Published by World Scientific Publishing Company, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Information, Randomness and Incompleteness: Papers on Algorithmic Information Theory (2nd Edition) (World Scientific Computer Science)
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810201540
• ISBN 13: 9789810201548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Book Type: book

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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.