Understanding information and computation: from Einstein to Web science
Choice Reviews Online · 2013
Contents: Foreword, Yorick Wilks Foreword. L.J. Rich Preface Introduction Dot-to-dots point the way Hitler, Turing and quantum mechanics A different perspective on numbers, straight lines and other such mathematical curiosities Twists, turns and nature's preference for curves Curves of curves To process or not? Information and computation as a field Why are conic sections important? The gifts that Newton gave, Turing opened and which no chapter one has really appreciated yet Einstein's torch bearers Special relativity General relativity Beyond the fourth dimension Time to reformulate with a little help from information retrieval research Supporting evidence Where does this get us? References Index.