Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ415310
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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The Law of Information Inconservation.
Yang, Qi Quan
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v41 n6 p418 Sep 1990
Compares the notion of the conservation or inconservation of information with the laws of conservation of matter and energy. The theory of entropy in physics and its significance in information theory is discussed, and the essential nature of information is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Entropy, Information Science, Information Theory, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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