Benton, Billy
Benzer, Seymour,
10.1
,
10.2
Bernoulli numbers,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
Berry, G. G.,
6.1
,
6.2
Berry’s paradox,
6.1
,
6.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
Bible
Bierce, Ambrose
Bigelow, Julian
binary operations
coding systems for,
5.1
,
5.2
representation of relay circuits as
in telegraphy,
7.1
,
8.1
in use of alphabetical ordering systems
see also
bit(s)
biology
entropy and,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
evolutionary,
10.1
,
11.1
fundamental particles of
of human ecosystem,
10.1
,
10.2
information processing in,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4
molecular,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
purposeful action in processes of,
9.1
,
9.2
see also
genetics; neurophysiology
biosphere,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
bit(s)
as basis of physics,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
13.1
,
13.2
biological measurements
cost of information processing
data compression strategies,
12.1
,
12.2
decision-making requirements
definition of,
prl.1
,
7.1
first usage
growth of measuring units,
14.1
,
14.2
meaning and
measurement of cosmos in,
prl.1
,
14.1
purpose
transmission by fire beacon,
1.1
,
1.2
black holes,
prl.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
Blair, Ann
Blair, Earl
Bletchley Park,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
Blount, Thomas,
3.1
,
3.2
Bodleian Library,
3.1
,
3.2
,
6.1
Bohr, Niels,
prl.1
,
6.1
,
13.1
Boltzmann, Ludwig,
9.1
,
9.2
Bombe machine
book burning
Boole, George,
prl.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
12.1
Borges, Jorge Luis,
14.1
,
14.2
,
epl.1
,
epl.2
botanical dictionaries,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1
Bradley, Henry,
3.1
,
3.2
Brahe, Tycho,
4.1
,
15.1
brain;
see
neurophysiology
Brassard, Gilles,
13.1
,
13.2
“Breakdown of Physics in Gravitational Collapse, The” (Hawking)
Brecht, Bertolt
Breguet, Abraham-Louis,
5.1
,
5.2
Brenner, Sydney,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
Brewster, David,
4.1
,
8.1
Bridenbaugh, Carl,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
Briggs, Henry,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
4.5
Brillouin, Léon,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
Brin, Sergey,
14.1
,
epl.1
Broadbent, Donald,
8.1
,
8.2
Brosin, Henry
Brown, Robert
Browne, Thomas,
1.1
,
1.2
,
5.1
Brownian motion,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
Buchanan, James
Bullokar, John
Burgess, Anthony
Burney, Venetia
Burton, Robert,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
Bush, Vannevar,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
5.1
n,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
7.1
Butler, Samuel,
2.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
butterfly effect
Byron, Augusta Ada;
see
Lovelace, Ada
Byron, George Gordon, Lord,
4.1
,
4.2
bytes
Cage, John,
12.1
,
12.2
Cairns-Smith, Alexander,
10.1
,
10.2
calculators, calculating machines
analog and digital
Babbage’s Analytical Engine,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
4.5
,
4.6
,
4.7
,
4.8
,
4.9
,
4.10
,
4.11
,
4.12
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
Babbage’s Difference Engine,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
4.5
,
4.6
,
4.7
,
4.8
,
4.9
,
4.10
,
4.11
,
4.12
,
4.13
,
4.14
,
4.15
,
4.16
,
4.17
,
4.18
,
6.1
definition of “calculation,”
7.1
Differential Analyzer,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
in evolution of information technology,
prl.1
,
4.1
use of relay circuits in
see also
computation; computer(s); machines
calculus,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
epl.1
Campbell, George,
prl.1
,
prl.2
“Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?” (Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen)
Carnot, Nicolas Sadi
Carpenter, Margaret
Carreras, José
Carrington, John F.,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
1.5
Carroll, Lewis,
5.1
,
5.2
,
14.1
Carty, John J.
catalogues of information,
5.1
,
14.1
,
15.1
botanical,
14.1
,
14.2
of cryptographic techniques
genes as,
10.1
,
10.2
for libraries,
3.1
,
3.2
search techniques for,
15.1
,
epl.1
,
epl.2
,
epl.3
of telegraph messages
see also
dictionaries
Catholicon
(Balbus)
Cawdrey, Robert,
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
Cawdrey, Thomas
cellular processes,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
9.1
,
9.2
Celts
Central Dogma
“Certain Factors Affecting Telegraph Speed” (Nyquist)
Chadwyck-Healey, Charles
chain letters, as examples of memes,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
Chains
(Karinthy)
Chaitin, Gregory,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
12.6
,
12.7
,
12.8
,
12.9
,
12.10
,
12.11
,
12.12
,
12.13
,
12.14
,
12.15
Champernowne, David
Chandler, Raymond
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan
channels
applications of information theory
definition of
multiplexed
psychological formulation
quantum,
13.1
,
13.2
transmission capacity of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
8.1
,
8.2
writing as,
2.1
,
2.2
see also
bandwidth
chaos theory,
8.1
,
10.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
14.1
,
14.2