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Information, Randomness and Incompleteness|Gregory J. Chaitin

Information, Randomness and Incompleteness : Papers on Algorithmic Information Theory (2nd Edition)

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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9789810201715
  • ISBN-10: 9810201710
  • Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
  • Publish Date: January 1990
  • Dimensions: 10.22 x 7.38 x 0.72 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.43 pounds
  • Page Count: 324

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