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The switch from 'steam engines' to 'heat engines' signals the transition from engineering practice to theoretical science.

Hans Christian von Baeyer

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About Hans Christian von Baeyer

Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary.

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Time has been called God's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once. In the same spirit, noise is Nature's way of making sure that we don't find out everything that happens. Noise, in short, is the protector of information.

In order to understand information, we must define it; bit in order to define it, we must first understand it. Where to start?

Nowhere is the difference between either/or and both/and more clearly apparent than in the context of information.

The switch from 'steam engines' to 'heat engines' signals the transition from engineering practice to theoretical science. - Hans Christian von Baeyer

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