Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life(English, Hardcover, Yockey Hubert P.)

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Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life(English, Hardcover, Yockey Hubert P.) is written by Yockey Hubert P. and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521802938 (ISBN 10) and 9780521802932 (ISBN 13).

Originally published in 2005, Information Theory, Evolution and the Origin of Life presents an introduction to the use of information theory and coding theory in molecular biology. The genetical information system, because it is linear and digital, resembles the algorithmic language of computers. George Gamow pointed out that the application of Shannon's information theory breaks genetics and molecular biology out of the descriptive mode into the quantitative mode and Dr Yockey develops this theme, discussing how information theory and coding theory can be applied to molecular biology. He discusses how these tools for measuring the information in the sequences of the genome and the proteome are essential for our complete understanding of the nature and origin of life. The author writes for the computer competent reader who is interested in evolution and the origins of life.