of cryptography,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
desire for certainty in
differential equations,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
engineering and,
6.1
,
6.2
expression of logic through
incompleteness theorem,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
to purge logic of paradox
search for perfect expression in
in signal research at Bell Labs,
prl.1
,
prl.2
in telephone switching technology,
6.1
,
6.2
uses of random numbers in
see also
logarithms; numbers
Maxwell, James Clerk,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
9.5
,
9.6
,
9.7
Maxwell’s demon,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
9.5
,
9.6
,
9.7
,
9.8
,
9.9
,
10.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
15.1
,
epl.1
Maynard Smith, John
McCarthy, John
McCulloch, Warren,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
McLuhan, Marshall,
prl.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
2.5
,
8.1
,
15.1
,
epl.1
Mead, Margaret
meaning
in agenda for quantum information science
attempts to incorporate, into information theory
expressed through differences
future of science and
information overload and,
epl.1
,
epl.2
,
epl.3
,
epl.4
language and,
epl.1
,
epl.2
measurement of communication and
of numbers
in perfect language
Shannon’s information theory and,
prl.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
epl.1
,
epl.2
symbolic logic and,
5.1
,
5.2
,
6.1
talking drum method of conveying,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
use of alphabetical ordering systems and
use of tonality to convey
see also
definitions of words
measurement of information
algorithmic,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
combinatorial approach to
conceptual evolution of,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
prl.3
,
prl.4
,
prl.5
,
prl.6
,
prl.7
,
1.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
cosmic calculations,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
14.1
expanding scale of,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
14.4
measurement of message value and,
12.1
,
12.2
measurement of randomness and
as measure of uncertainty,
7.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
in music,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
probabilistic approach to,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
8.1
,
12.1
in psychology research
quantifying redundancy for,
1.1
,
1.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
quantizing speech for
symbols as unit for,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
in telephony,
prl.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
Turing’s approach to,
7.1
,
7.2
see also
bit(s)
Medawar, Peter
meme(s); memetics
catchphrases as,
11.1
,
11.2
chain letters as,
11.1
-
1.1
conceptual origins of,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
definition of,
prl.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
disease analogy for,
11.1
,
11.2
effects
forms of,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
genetic model of
humans as vehicles for
ideas as
images as
as living structures
mission of
music as
replication through imitation
scholarly research on,
11.1
,
11.2
transmission of,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
memory
aids in oral literature
computer, cost of
evolution of information technology and,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
in machine functions
in maze-navigating machine,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
meme strategies
psychology research on,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
quantum erasure of
writing and,
2.1
,
2.2
Menabrea, Luigi
Mencken, H. L.,
3.1
,
11.1
Mendel, Gregor
Mercury: or the Secret and Swift Messenger
(Wilkins)
Merlin, John
Mermin, David,
13.1
n,
13.2
Merrill, James
messenger RNA,
11.1
,
13.1
meta-language
Metalogicon
metamathematics,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
10.1
,
12.1
metaphor
“Method of Expressing by Signs the Action of Machinery, On a” (Babbage),
4.1
,
4.2
Metropolis, Nicholas
microfilm
microstates,
9.1
,
9.2
Middleton, Thomas
Milbanke, Anna Isabella
Milgram, Stanley
Miller, George,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
Miller, Jonathan,
2.1
,
2.2
Million Random Digits, A,
12.1
,
12.2
Milton, John,
3.1
,
11.1
Mingjia (School of Names)
Minsky, Marvin
Miot de Melito, Count
n
Mitchell, David
mondegreens,
3.1
,
3.2
Monod, Jacques
Monte Carlo simulations,
11.1
,
12.1
Moore, Francis
Moore, Gordon
Morse, Samuel F. B.,
1.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
Morse code,
prl.1
,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
mortality tables,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
Mulcaster, Richard
multiplexed signals
Mumford, Lewis
Munch, Edvard
Murray, James,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
3.5
,
3.6
music,
10.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
Nagel, Ernest
naming,
2.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
14.4
,
14.5
,
14.6
Napier, John,
4.1
,
4.2
Napoleon Bonaparte,
5.1
,
5.2
National Defense Research Committee
natural history,
14.1
,
14.2
natural philosophy,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
3.1
natural selection,
5.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
11.1
;
see also
evolution
Nature,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
epl.1
Nautical Almanac,
4.1
,
4.2
navigation, number tables for,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3