The Physics of Information

In Luciano Floridi (ed.), Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information. Malden, MA: Blackwell. pp. 178-185 (2003)
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This chapter has two goals. The first is to explain concepts associated with information and computation in physical terms. The other goal of this chapter is to analyze concepts in physics like space, time, and causality in information-theoretic and computational terms.

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