conceptual evolution of,
9.1
,
9.2
first law of
of life
molecular fluctuations in,
9.1
,
9.2
probability in,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
second law of,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
9.5
,
9.6
Thesaurus
(Roget)
thinking
cryptographic skills
as digital operation,
8.1
,
8.2
discovery of
human–computer comparison,
8.1
,
8.2
language and,
2.1
,
2.2
in literate cultures,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
2.5
,
2.6
,
2.7
,
2.8
logic and,
2.1
,
2.2
,
5.1
,
5.2
machine and computer operations as,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
,
8.6
,
8.7
,
8.8
,
8.9
,
8.10
“recoding” of information in,
8.1
,
8.2
telegraph effects on,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
see also
logic
Thomas, Thomas
Thomson, James
Thomson, William, Lord Kelvin,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
“Three Approaches to the Definition of the Concept ‘Amount of Information’” (Kolmogorov)
Three Letter Code for Condensed Telegraphic and Inscrutably Secret Messages and Correspondence
(Scott)
“Three Models for the Description of Language” (Chomsky)
THROBAC
time
effects of information technology in perception of
movement toward entropy in,
9.1
,
9.2
in physics of black holes
speed of early mechanical calculators,
4.1
,
4.2
standardization of clocks,
1.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
telegraph effects on understanding of,
5.1
,
5.2
written language and
Time Machine, The
(Wells)
Tobias, Andrew
tonality, in communication,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
Torres y Quevedo, Leonardo
Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia,
13.1
trademark names,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
transistor,
prl.1
,
prl.2
,
prl.3
,
3.1
,
7.1
,
14.1
translation, language,
3.1
,
3.2
transmission of information
Babbage’s work on,
4.1
,
4.2
bandwidth requirements,
6.1
,
6.2
in biological evolution,
10.1
,
10.2
in cuneiform,
2.1
,
2.2
data compression for
disruptive effects of new technologies for,
prl.1
,
prl.2
entanglement as
evolution of electrical technologies for,
5.1
,
5.2
genetic,
10.1
,
10.2
historical evolution,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
human history and,
prl.1
,
prl.2
in telephotography,
6.1
,
6.2
interconnectedness of cyberspace for,
3.1
,
3.2
limits of speed and capacity,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
news reports,
5.1
,
5.2
overload effects,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
15.4
,
15.5
by quantum teleportation,
13.1
,
13.2
for replication of culture
sensory involvement as indicator of quality of,
2.1
,
2.2
source of noise in
transmission of electricity as,
5.1
,
5.2
units of measurement
see also
communication; meme(s);
specific mode of transmission
Treatise on Electro-Magnetism
(Roget)
tree rings
triangular numbers,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
Trudeau, Garry
truth,
2.1
,
5.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
Turing, Alan,
prl.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
7.6
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
,
9.1
,
14.1
Turing machine(s)
capabilities
as code generator
proof of incompleteness theorem by,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
12.1
significance of, in computer science,
12.1
,
12.2
states
symbols
tape,
7.1
,
7.2
thermodynamics of,
13.1
,
13.2
two-state model
U
machine,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
12.1
Turing Test,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
Twitter,
11.1
,
epl.1
,
epl.2
Uglow, Jenny
uncertainty
entropy as measure of,
7.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
incompleteness theorem and,
7.1
,
12.1
information and
limits to science,
12.1
,
12.2
in measurement of quantum properties,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
uncomputability,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
undecidability;
see
decision problem
uninteresting numbers,
12.1
,
12.2
University of Vienna
Updike, John
Uruk,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
Vail, Alfred,
1.1
,
5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
,
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.6
,
5.7
,
7.1
Vail, Theodore N.,
6.1
,
6.2
VanArsdale, Daniel W.
van Leeuwenhoek, Antony,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
Vautroullier, Thomas
Verne, Jules
Victoria, Queen,
5.1
,
6.1
Vienna Circle,
6.1
,
6.2
Vigenère cipher,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
Vincent of Beauvais
viruses,
prl.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
vocabulary size,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
3.5
,
3.6
,
3.7
,
3.8
,
3.9
growth of language,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
Shakespeare’s
Volta, Alessandro
von Foerster, Heinz,
8.1
,
epl.1
von Neumann, John,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
13.1
Voyager
spacecraft
Wales, Jimmy,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
14.4
,
14.5
Wallace, David Foster
Walton, Stephen,
11.1
,
11.2
Washington, George
Wassall, Irma
Watson, David L.
Watson, James D.,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
13.1
Watson, John B.
Watts, Duncan,
epl.1
,
epl.2
Weaver, Edmund
Weaver, Warren,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
Weber, Wilhelm
Webster, Noah
Wells, H. G.,
6.1
,
9.1
,
14.1
,
epl.1
,
epl.2
