310 Pages
by
CRC Press
310 Pages
by
CRC Press
310 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Information technology is arguably the most important scientific topic needed for understanding and participating in our increasingly complex technological world. Using simple physical arguments and extensive examples, Information and Measurement, Second Edition shows how this theory can be put into practice. Twice awarded the UK National Metrology Prize by the National Physical Laboratory for his... Read more
Where does information come from?
Signals and messages
Noise
Uncertain measurements
Surprises and redundancy
Detecting and correcting mistakes
The sampling theorem
The information carrying capacity of a channel
The CD player as an information channel
The CD player as a measurement system
Oversampling, noise shaping, and digital filtering
Analog or digital?
Sensors and amplifiers
Power coupling and optimum S/N
Signal averaging
Phase sensitive detection
Synchronous integration
Data compression
Data thinning
Chaos rules!
Spies and secret messages
One bit more
What have we here?
Time and frequency
Frequency measurement systems
Appendix 1: Solutions to numerical questions
Appendix 2: Programs
Index
Signals and messages
Noise
Uncertain measurements
Surprises and redundancy
Detecting and correcting mistakes
The sampling theorem
The information carrying capacity of a channel
The CD player as an information channel
The CD player as a measurement system
Oversampling, noise shaping, and digital filtering
Analog or digital?
Sensors and amplifiers
Power coupling and optimum S/N
Signal averaging
Phase sensitive detection
Synchronous integration
Data compression
Data thinning
Chaos rules!
Spies and secret messages
One bit more
What have we here?
Time and frequency
Frequency measurement systems
Appendix 1: Solutions to numerical questions
Appendix 2: Programs
Index
Biography
Lesurf, J.C.G
