[talk.philosophy.misc] Information and physics

jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) (12/17/88)

Round about 1980 or 1981 I bought a copy of a book published by Wiley and
Sons, named *Information Mechanics*, I believe by Frederick Kantner (though
I think I've botched the fellow's name), which, as far as I could follow,
looked like a derivation of certain aspects of physics using information-
theoretical concepts.  I hasten to admit that I wasn't able to follow it
very far myself; indeed, the fact that I'm not sure of the author's name
indicates that it's not a book I've referred to often. :-)

So--perhaps this is what the original poster was looking for (mail to said
person bounced); if I might, I'd like to ask whether others with a better
physics background than I have read this book, and what its significance
might be or have been.

		James Jones