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This new subject will present the quantitative theory of information. Applications will be made to computation, communications, thermodynamics, and biology. Participants in this seminar will play a critical role in the development of a new freshman elective subject. Members of the seminar will help evaluate the notes, lectures, laboratory experiments, and other materials that will be developed during Fall 1999. Those who take it will be able to recognize and quantify information in many domains, develop and use models that incorporate flow and conversion of information from one form to another, and recognize irreversibility when they see it. They will learn that the second law of thermodynamics, one of the most beautiful laws of physics, is actually more useful than is usually appreciated.
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Faculty Paul Penfield, Jr. <penfield@mit.edu>, Room 38-344, 617-253-2506 Seth Lloyd <slloyd@mit.edu>, Room 3-160, 617-252-1803 Sherra E. Kerns <sherra.kerns@olin.edu>, Room 38-344, 617-452-2842
Teaching Assistant
Associate Advisors
Secretary
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Homework 1 (PS, PDF) distributed 9/14/99 Homework 2 (PS, PDF) distributed 9/21/99 Homework 3 (PS, PDF) distributed 9/28/99 Homework 4 not handed out Homework 5 (PS, PDF) distributed 10/12/99 Homework 6 (PS, PDF) distributed 10/19/99 Homework 7 (PS, PDF) distributed 10/26/99 Homework 8 (PS, PDF) distribution 11/9/99 Homework 9 (PS, PDF) distirubtion 11/30/99
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The first lecture has been transcribed. The rest are in RealMedia Format encoded at 220 kb/s (less than 100 megs each). Streaming video and download links are provided. Each lecture is an hour long.
Lecture 01: (HTML, TXT) The Bit - 9/14/99
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