Information Theory: An Exploration Across Disciplines (資訊理論：跨領域探索)

這本專著探討了資訊理論的跨學科應用，重點在於熵、互信息的概念及其在各個領域的影響。它解釋了熵與香農資訊量度（Shannon's Measure of Information, SMI）之間的基本差異，展示了資訊理論在生命系統和心理學中的應用，並討論了熵在藝術中的角色。書中批判性地回顧了相關性和多變量互信息的定義。這些概念用來建立一種新的視角，以理解宏觀系統中過程的不可逆性，而微觀組件所遵循的動力學法則則是可逆的。它還深入探討了互信息在語言學、密碼學、隱寫術和通信系統中的應用。這本書詳細介紹了資訊理論在各個學科中的理論和實踐方面，是任何對通常所稱的熵感興趣的科學家的有用工具。

Arieh Ben-Naim is a professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Born in Jerusalem, Israel. Studied and worked for his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Post-Doctoral research in Stony-Brook University, NY, and Bell-Telephone Laboratories, NJ. Most of his research work was focused on the theory of water, aqueous solutions, solvation thermodynamics, and the role of water in biochemical processes. He is the author of over 200 articles and 35 books. Recently the author dedicated his time explaining and clarifying to the general public the most mysterious concept in physics: Entropy. He has published over 20 books and articles on Entropy and the Second Law, the most popular of which is "Entropy Demystified," first published in 2006. He has written three books on Information Theory and its relation to Entropy and the Second Law. He had visited many universities around the world, where he lectured on all the topics of his research and interest.

Claude Dufour, born in Brussels in 1950, took an early interest in heat engines. His thesis on the irreversibility of dense gases at MONS University highlighted the link between the subadditivity of entropy and its tendency to increase. From 1982 to 2009, he taught physics and mathematics. One of his proudest achievements has been to enable the weakest students to succeed while maintaining a high standard, thanks to accessible explanations and the requirement of sustained hard work. Retired since 2009, his goal is to publish the main results of his doctoral research in simple terms. His application of information theory not only to entropy but also to correlations provides a simple and innovative explanation of the second law of thermodynamics.

阿里耶·本-奈姆（Arieh Ben-Naim）是以色列耶路撒冷希伯來大學物理化學系的名譽教授。他出生於以色列耶路撒冷，並在希伯來大學攻讀博士學位及工作。之後，他在紐約的石溪大學和新澤西的貝爾電話實驗室進行博士後研究。他的研究工作主要集中在水的理論、水溶液、溶劑熱力學以及水在生化過程中的角色。他是超過200篇文章和35本書籍的作者。最近，他致力於向大眾解釋和澄清物理學中最神秘的概念：熵（Entropy）。他已經發表了超過20本關於熵和第二定律的書籍和文章，其中最受歡迎的是2006年首次出版的《熵的解密》（'Entropy Demystified'）。他還撰寫了三本關於信息理論及其與熵和第二定律關係的書籍。他曾造訪世界各地的許多大學，並在那裡講授他研究和興趣的所有主題。

克勞德·迪福（Claude Dufour）於1950年出生於布魯塞爾，早期對熱機產生了興趣。他在MONS大學的論文探討了密集氣體的不可逆性，突顯了熵的次加性與其增長趨勢之間的聯繫。從1982年到2009年，他教授物理和數學。他最引以為傲的成就之一是使最弱的學生能夠成功，同時保持高標準，這得益於易於理解的解釋和持續努力的要求。自2009年退休以來，他的目標是用簡單的術語發表他博士研究的主要結果。他將信息理論應用於熵及其相關性，提供了對熱力學第二定律的簡單而創新的解釋。