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Enigma, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

genetic, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10

in Jacquard loom operations

Morse, prl.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 11.1

as noise

for printing telegraph

Shannon’s interest in, prl.1, 6.1, 7.1

telegraphy before Morse code, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7

see also cryptography

coding theory, 8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 12.1

cognitive science, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

Colebrooke, Henry

collective consciousness, epl.1, epl.2, epl.3, epl.4, epl.5

Colossus computing machine

Columbus, Christopher

combinatorial analysis, 6.1, 10.1, 10.2

communication

by algorithm

with alien life-form, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

Babbage’s mechanical notation for describing, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1

constrained channels of, 2.1, 2.2

disruptive effects of new technologies in, 15.1, 15.2

emergence of global consciousness, epl.1, epl.2, epl.3

evolution of electrical technologies for, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2

fundamental problem of, prl.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1

human evolution and, prl.1, prl.2

implications of technological evolution of, 15.1, 15.2

information overload and, epl.1, epl.2

knowledge needs for, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

in origins of governance

Shannon’s diagram of, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

as stochastic process

symbolic logic to describe systems of

system elements, 7.1, 7.2

in Twitter, epl.1, epl.2

see also talking drums; telegraphy; telephony; transmission of information

compact disc, prl.1, 8.1, epl.1

complexity, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9

compression of information; see data compression

“Computable Numbers, On” (Turing), 7.1, 7.2, 12.1

computation

in Babylonian mathematics, 2.1, 2.2

computable and uncomputable numbers, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3

of differential equations, 4.1, 4.2

in evolution of complex structures

human computers, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

thermodynamics of, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

Turing machine for, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6

see also calculators; computers

computer(s)

analog and digital, 8.1, 8.2

chess-playing, 8.1, 8.2

comparison to humans, 8.1, 8.2

cost of memory storage

cost of work of, 13.1, 13.2

early mechanical, prl.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 8.1

growth of memory and processing speed of, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4

inductive learning in

perception of thinking by, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

public awareness of

quantum-based, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

Shannon’s information theory in, prl.1, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2

significance of information theory in development of

spread of memes through

Turing’s conceptualization of, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

universe as, 14.1, 14.2

see also calculators; computation; programming

Conference on Cybernetics, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12

Connolly, Sean J.

consciousness, 2.1, 2.2, 8.1, 8.2, epl.1, epl.2, epl.3

continuous signal systems, 6.1, 7.1

Cooke, William, 5.1, 5.2

Cooper, Pat

Coote, Edmund

Coy, George W.

Crick, Francis, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5

Crow, James F. n

cryptography

assessment of system security

Babbage’s work in, 5.1, 5.2

early strategies, 5.1, 5.2

Enigma system of, 7.1, 7.2

information theory and

mathematics of, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.1, 7.2

mental skill for

pattern recognition in, 7.1, 7.2

perfect cipher system

popular interest in, 5.1, 5.2

quantum, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4

RSA encryption

Shannon’s work on, prl.1, prl.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6

Turing’s work on, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4

voice encryption, 7.1, 7.2

writing and, 5.1, 5.2

see also code

crystals, 9.1, 9.2, 10.1

culture

communication technology and, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3

communicative capacity of drums, 1.1, 1.2

function of meme

perceptions changed by telegraphy, 5.1, 5.2

replication and transmission of

thought processes biased by, 2.1, 2.2

see also