Information Theory

This eighteenth volume in the Poincaré Seminar Series provides a thorough description of Information Theory and some of its mostactive areas, in particular, its relation to thermodynamics at the nanoscale and theMaxwell Demon, and the emergence of quantum computation and of its counterpart,quantum verification. It also includes two introductory tutorials, one on the fundamental relation between thermodynamics and information theory, and a primer on Shannon's entropy and information theory. The book offers a unique and manifold perspective on recent mathematical and physical developments inthis field.