simultaneity
Six Degrees of Separation
(Guare),
epl.1
,
epl.2
Skinner, B. F.
Smalley, Sondra
small-world networks,
epl.1
,
epl.2
Smee, Alfred
Smith, Francis O. J.,
5.1
,
5.2
Smolin, John
social sciences,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
Solomonoff, Ray,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
Sömmerring, Samuel Thomas von
Sophocles,
14.1
,
15.1
Southwell, Robert
Soviet Union,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
space exploration
Speculum Maius
(Vincent of Beauvais)
spelling,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
Spender, Stephen
Sperry, Roger
“spooky action at a distance,” (Einstein),
13.1
,
13.2
Sprat, Thomas,
2.1
,
3.1
statistical analysis,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
12.1
steam power,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
9.1
,
9.2
Stent, Gunther,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
Stevin, Simon
stochastic processes,
7.1
,
7.2
Stoppard, Tom,
9.1
,
9.2
,
14.1
storage of information
Shannon’s early calculations on,
7.1
,
7.2
sources of confusion in,
14.1
,
14.2
trends in,
14.1
,
14.2
Streufert, Siegfried,
15.1
,
15.2
Strogatz, Steven,
epl.1
,
epl.2
Stuart, Gilbert
Suetonius
superposition of states,
13.1
,
13.2
Surowiecki, James
surprise, as feature of information,
7.1
,
9.1
Susskind, Leonard
syllabary
symbolic logic
application to genetics,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
to avoid paradox
conceptual basis,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
conceptual origins of computers in,
6.1
,
6.2
to describe communication systems
to describe relay circuits,
prl.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
goals of
Principia Mathematica,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
incompleteness of formal systems of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
7.1
as mechanical operation,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
7.2
promise of,
6.1
,
6.2
search for perfect system of
symbols and symbol sets
in Babbage’s mechanical notation,
4.1
,
4.2
,
5.1
,
6.1
for cryptography
fo universal language
in Lovelace’s game solution formula
for measurement of information,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
for perfect language
redundancy of communication determined by,
1.1
,
1.2
in structure of language
for Turing machine
see also
alphabet(s); code; symbolic logic; writing
Szilárd, Leó,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
13.1
“Table Alphabeticall, A” (Cawdrey),
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
3.5
,
3.6
,
3.7
,
3.8
,
3.9
,
3.10
,
3.11
,
3.12
,
3.13
,
3.14
,
3.15
,
3.16
,
3.17
,
3.18
,
3.19
Table of Constants of the Class Mammalia (Babbage)
Table of the Relative Frequency of the Causes of Breaking of Plate Glass Windows (Babbage)
Table of Triangular Numbers, (Babbage)
Tables for the Improvement of Navigation
(Briggs)
Table to find the Height of the Pole
(Briggs)
Tafelen van Interest
(Stevin)
Talbot, William Fox
talking drums,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
1.5
,
1.6
,
1.7
,
1.8
,
1.9
,
1.10
,
1.11
,
1.12
Talking Drums of Africa, The
(Carrington)
Tawell, John
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
telegraphy,
prl.1
,
1.1
,
4.1
address codes,
14.1
,
14.2
Baudot code for
bubble
cipher and compression systems for,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
as commercial business,
5.1
,
5.2
commercial interest in,
5.1
,
5.2
conceptual understanding of,
5.1
,
5.2
early systems for,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
,
5.7
,
5.8
,
5.9
,
5.10
,
5.11
,
5.12
electrical relays in
before electricity,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
in England,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
errors in
in France,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
,
5.7
,
5.8
growth of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
,
5.7
,
5.8
,
5.9
infrastructure of
invention of,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
as medium,
5.1
,
5.2
operator’s key
perception of time and,
5.1
,
5.2
preservation of messages sent by,
5.1
,
5.2
private ciphers to reduce cost of,
5.1
,
5.2
public interest in codes and,
5.1
,
5.2
in Soviet Union
statistical structure of language in,
7.1
,
7.2
telephony and,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
trans-Atlantic,
5.1
,
5.2
waveform analysis in
weather reporting and,
5.1
,
5.2
see also
Morse code
telephony
architecture and
barbed-wire networks
biological metaphors for
commercial applications of,
6.1
,
6.2
concern about social effects of
demand for information and,
15.1
,
15.2
electrical engineering requirements of,
6.1
,
6.2
evolution of switching technology for,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
farmer cooperative networks of
growth of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
measurement of information carried by,
prl.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
printed directories,
6.1
,
6.2
relays in
signal distortion in,
prl.1
,
prl.2
in Soviet Union
telephotography,
6.1
,
6.2
teleportation,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
television,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
Teller, Edward
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord,
4.1
,
4.2
Terhal, Barbara
Théorie des fonctions analytiques
(Lagrange)
Theory of Heat
(Maxwell)
thermodynamics
of computation,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
concept of entropy in,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3