摘要
Modern scientific research mainly focuses on three themes:materials,energy,and information.The concept of information was coined in the 1920s.Breakthroughs in information technology and the creation of information theory in the 1940s presaged an information age,when research and applications of information theory and technology began in full swing.Since the 1950s,the information revolution wave has swept across the world.By the early 1990s,with a booming information industry,information concepts and information technology permeated all walks of life.Social information networks based on the information super highway have accelerated the pace of construction and development in many countries;the information revolution has demonstrated bright prospects for human beings.
