ISBN:
9780191572982
,
0191572985
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xv, 130 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Very short introductions
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Floridi, Luciano, 1964- Information
DDC:
306.42
Keywords:
Knowledge, Sociology of
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Knowledge, Sociology of
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
Information
;
Einführung
;
Electronic books Einführung
;
Electronic books
;
Einführung
;
Einführung
;
Einführung
;
Einführung
;
Einführung
Abstract:
Acknowledgments --List of illustrations --List of tables --Introduction --The Information revolution --The Language of information --Mathematical information --Semantic information --Physical information --Biological information --Economic information --The Ethics of information --Epilogue:The Marriage of physis and techne --References --Index.
Abstract:
Luciano Floridi unpacks this fundamental concept - what information is, how it is measured, its value and meaning - cutting across the sciences and humanities, from DNA to the Internet, and the ethical issues related to privacy, copyright and accessibility
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
