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Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language, and Life
AuthorJeremy Campbell
SubjectInformation theory, Systems theory, Cybernetics, Linguistics
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1982
Pages319
ISBN0671440616

Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language, and Life is a 1982 book written by Jeremy Campbell, then Washington correspondent for the Evening Standard.[1] The book examines the topics of probability, information theory, cybernetics, genetics, and linguistics. Information processes are used to frame and examine all of existence, from the Big Bang to DNA to human communication to artificial intelligence.

  1. ^ "GRAMMATICAL MAN: Information, Entropy, Language, and Life". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2014-12-02.

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