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During the refereeing procedure of Anthropomorphic Quantum Darwinism by Thomas Durt, it became apparent in the dialogue between him and me that the definition of information in Physics is something about which not all authors agreed. This text aims at describing the concepts associated to information that are accepted as the standard in the Physics world community.
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Lori, N.F. On Definitions of Information in Physics. Found Sci 16, 311–314 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-010-9205-8
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