Chapter 17, Bioinformatics, Biology meets information technology, p. 145
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To put it one way, a collection of Shakespeare's plays is richer than a phone book that uses the same number of letters; to put it another, the essence of information lies in the relationships among bits, not their sheer number.
— Hans Christian von Baeyer
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About Hans Christian von Baeyer
Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary.
About Hans Christian von Baeyer
Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary.
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