Information

Hans Christian von Baeyer's recent title on information theory has openened up a whole world for me. The text covers everything from Norbert Weiner's interpolation of thermodynamics to Bayesian algorithms to the superposition of Schrödinger's Cat. It takes a hell of a writer [and teacher] to lead up to and explain quantum computation and define its relevance to current issues of information theory and the future of data processing.

I find myself enthralled in the concept of tangible information—the concept of a bit (or qubit) system for measuring information. The paths information travels are physical, and can be measured in waves and wave-particle rates. The physics of information is something not yet available/accesible to the vast majority of technology consumers (bloggers, and non-academic enthusiasts). Some very interesting developments within the pool of think-tanks and physics departments are sprouting up every day, with quantum computers and the like. I'm curious to see what the next 20 years brings.

In sifting through Digg.com for a handful of minutes, I've come across a number of quantum information theory references. Enjoy...

Hacker Foil
Quantum Computer...