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                           TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface                                                                       3
Introduction                                                                  4
          Chapter 1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT
                               INFORTMATICS
1.1. Key stages in the development of Informatics as a science                7
1.2. Modern views on the subject of Informatics                               12
1.3. The evolution of the domain of Informatics in Russia                     17
1.4. Current trends in Informatics                                            26
Conclusions                                                                   30
      Chapter 2. INFORTMATICS IN THE MODERN SYSTEM OF
                                   SCIENCE
2.1. Informatics as an academic discipline                                    32
2.2. Informatics and Cybernetics                                              34
2.3. Informatics, Systems theory and Synergetics                              41
2.4. Methods of Information in Life Sciences                                  46
2.5. Iformatikcs and the science of inanimate nature                          48
2.6. Informatics, engineering and Social sciences                             55
Conclusions                                                                   60
Chapter 3. PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF INFORMATICS
3.1. Philosophy of information and philosophical problems of Informatics      62
3.2. Structure of reality and the phenomenon of information                   64
3.3. The nature of information and philosophical foundations of Informatics   74
3.4. Philosophy of information and information aspects of Physics             85
Conclusions                                                                   93
Chapter 4. NEW INFORMATION REALITY AND SOCIAL
INFORMATICS
4.1. Informatization of Society as a socio-technological Revolution           96
.2. Information globalization of the world community                          105
4.3. The globalization of Society and human revolution                        109
4.4. Humanitarian consequences of the global information Revolution           112
4.5. Networking in the Information Society                                    117
4.6. Information security as a global problem                                 121
Conclusions                                                                   126
Chapter 5. INFORMATICS AND EDUCATION
5.1. Man in the Information Society and education issues                      128
5.2. Innovative economy and education                                         134
5.3. Innovative development of Russia and the quality of education            145
5.4. The study of computer science at Stanford University                     148
5.5. Information practices of knowledge in science and education              156
5.6. Fundamentals of Informatics in the educational system   159
Conclusions                                                  166