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		Series	Series in Measurement Science and Technology
		Publication Date	Oct 2001
		Length	295pp, illust
		ISBN	Paperback:0750308230
		Subject Area	Measurement Science and Technology Electrical and Electronic Engineering Computer Science
		Paperback £34.99 $50.00
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Contents
1 Where does information come from?. 2 Signals and messages. 3 Noise. 4 Uncertain measurements. 5 Surprises and redundancy. 6 Detecting and correcting mistakes. 7 The sampling theorem. 8 The information carrying capacity of a channel. 9 The CD player as an information channel. 10 The CD player as a measurement system. 11 Oversampling, noise shaping, and digital filtering. 12 Analog or digital?. 13 Sensors and amplifiers. 14 Power coupling and optimum S/N. 15 Signal averaging. 16 Phase sensitive detection. 17 Synchronous integration. 18 Data compression. 19 Data thinning. 20 Chaos rules!. 21 Spies and secret messages. 22 One bit more. 23 What have we here?. 24 Time and frequency. 25 Frequency measurement systems. Appendix 1 Solutions to numerical questions. Appendix 2 Programs. Index
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Synopsis
Information technology is arguably the most important scientific topic needed for understanding and participating in our increasing complex technological world. Using simple physical arguments and extensive examples the book shows how this theory can be put into practice. The coverage is broad and includes topics taught on a variety of courses. It includes the basic mathematical, physical and engineering concepts required, and the author demonstrates their interrelationship in a clear and concise manner.
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Readership
Information and Measurement will be an invaluable study aid for students in their final undergraduate year or graduate students in physics, electrical engineering and computer science, specifically for modules on instrumentation, measurement science and information science. It will also be an invaluable reference for practising scientists and engineers.
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