01786nam a22001817a 4500020001800000082001100018100002100029245006000050260004400110300003100154490002900185505003800214520113300252650002801385942000701413999001701420952016701437  a9780199551378  a306.42  aFloridi, Luciano  aInformation: A Very Short IntroductioncLuciano Floridi  aNew YorkbOxford University Pressc2010  axv,130 Pagesb17x11 cmbPB  aVery Short Introductions  aIncludes Index and Illustrations.  a From the publisher. We live in a society that is awash with information, but few of us really understand what information is. In this Very Short Introduction, one of the world's leading authorities on the philosophy of information and on information ethics, Luciano Floridi, offers an illuminating exploration of information as it relates to both philosophy and science. He discusses the roots of the concept of information in mathematics and science, and considers the role of information in several fields, including biology. Floridi also discusses concepts such as "Infoglut" (too much information to process) and the emergence of an information society, and he addresses the nature of information as a communication process and its place as a physical phenomenon. Perhaps more important, he explores information's meaning and value, and ends by considering the broader social and ethical issues relating to information, including problems surrounding accessibility, privacy, ownership, copyright, and open source. This book helps us understand the true meaning of the concept and how it can be used to understand our world.  aKnowledge, Sociology of  cBK  c29815d29815  0010406306_420000000000000_F628I_2010708NFIC929179aGPLbGPLcGENd2017-04-16eCRV/GPLM/17/2016g308.32o306.42 F628I 2010p35996r2017-04-16w2017-04-16yBK