[There has been] a widening of the field covered by the concept of "information”, both its theory and its practice. Information transfer has been put on a par with the transfer of matter and energy, as one of the primary natural processes.' (Brian Campbell Vickery)

[There has been] a widening of the field covered by the concept of "information”, both its theory and its practice. Information transfer has been put on a par with the transfer of matter and energy, as one of the primary natural processes.'

Brian Campbell Vickery

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