Under Shannon’s Bandwagon. Rethinking the Reception of Information Theory in Thermal Physics, 1948-1957
In this paper I analyze the historical case of how Shannon’s theory of information, among other alternative theories, began to be applied rapidly and systematically within thermal physics in the 1950s. After evaluating this theory and the intellectual context in which it is inserted, I argue that it...
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| Language: | English |
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2023-06-01
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| Series: | HoST |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/host-2023-0003 |