>In a message dated 99-03-22 06:00:19 EST, james.higgo.domain.name.hidden
>writes:
>
><< Has anyone read that piece in New Scientist recently about all physical
>laws
> being derived from the lagrangian representing the gap between our knowledge
> of the system and 'what nature knows'? It seems pertinent.
> http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990130/iisthelaw.html
> >>
>
>I found the article fascinating and I agree with James, It is definitely
>pertinent to our discussion. The author seems to be moving toward a new
>science perhaps a thermodynamics of information?
>
>George
I agree with James and Georges. It is indeed pertinent for the discussion.
Frieden approach seems almost to "beautiful" to be true.
I order Roy Frieden's book "Physics from Fisher Information", 1999,
Cambridge
University Press. I am impatient (and a little skeptical) to see how he
"derives" Schroedinger equation and Wheeler-deWitt equation.
Bruno
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