Order and Disorder Disorder /
In the second program, Jim Al-Khalili discovers how we harnessed the power of symbols-everything from the first alphabet to the electric telegraph through to the modern digital age. But on this journey he learns that information isn't just about human communication, it's woven very profoun...
| Other Authors: | Infobase,, TVF International (Firm) |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
TVF International,
[2012]
Distributed by Infobase, |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (1 video file (59 min., 21 sec)) : sound, color. |
| Series: |
Order and Disorder.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction-Order and Disorder: Disorder (2:40);
- What is Information? (5:48);
- Early Technology (8:01);
- Electric Communication (6:42);
- Nature of Information (6:21);
- Alan Turing (7:50);
- Computing Machines (3:39);
- Claude Shannon (7:03);
- Information Theory (7:24);
- Information and Physics (3:04);
- Credits: Order and Disorder: Disorder (0:44);