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Information : a very short introduction / Luciano Floridi

Floridi, Luciano, 1964- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2010] [© 2010]

1 Online-Ressource (XV, 130 Seiten)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - IMD-Felder maschinell generiert

Erscheint auch als: Information / Floridi, Luciano (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-283-22271-6 (MyiLibrary); 978-0-19-157298-2 (electronic); 1-283-22271-X (ebk)

978-0-19-955137-8 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-283-22257-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1002178010 (aus SWB)     

MR 2200      Ähnliche Literatur

BD175

001 ; 306.42 ; 001

Basisklassifikation: 05.20 (Kommunikation und Gesellschaft)

*Information ; Soziologie      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Knowledge, Sociology of ; Knowledge, Sociology of

Knowledge, Sociology of ; Electronic books ; Information ; Soziologie ; Einführung ; Knowledge, Sociology of

We live an information-soaked existence - information pours into our lives through television, radio, books, and of course, the Internet. Some say we suffer from 'infoglut'. But what is information? The concept of 'information' is a profound one, rooted in mathematics, central to whole branches of science, yet with implications on every aspect of our everyday lives: DNA provides the information to create us; we learn through the information fed to us; we relate to each other throughinformation transfer - gossip, lectures, reading. Information is not only a mathematically powerful concept, but