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CRC Press eBooks

Science and the Myth of Information

Francis T. S. Yu

Published Nov 19, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this chapter, we show the mythical relationship between science and information. Since every substance has a price tag or price tags of information which includes all the building blocks in our universe, one cannot simply ignore information when dealing with science. We have shown that there is a profound connection between information and entropy, a quantity that has been well accepted in science. Without this connection, information would be more difficult to apply to science. Two of the most important pillars in modern physics must be the Einstein’s relativity theory and the Schrödinger’s quantum mechanics. We show that there exists a profound relationship between them, by means of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. In due of the uncertainty relation, we show that every bit of information takes time and energy to transfer, to create, and to observe. Since one cannot create something from nothing, we show that, anything to be created needs a huge amount of energy and requires a great deal of entropy to make it happen! My question is that: Can we afford it?

DOI
10.1201/9780367814403-3

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Since every substance has a price tag of information that includes all the building blocks in our universe, one cannot simply ignore information when dealing with science. We have shown that there is a profound connection between information and entropy, a quantity that has been well accepted in science. Without this connection, information would be more difficult to apply in science. Two of the most important pillars in modern physics must be Einstein’s relativity theory and Schrödinger’s quantum mechanics. However, there exists a profound connection between them, by means of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Due to the uncertainty relation, we see that every bit of information takes time and energy to transfer, create, and observe. Since one cannot create something from nothing, anything to be created needs a huge amount of energy and a great deal of entropy to make it happen.
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