Programming The Universe : A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos Paperback / softback
by Seth Lloyd
Paperback / softback
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IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE BIT... The universe is made of bits of information and it has been known for more than a century that every piece of the the universe - every electron, atom and molecule - registers these bits and that information.
It is only in the last years, however, with the discovery and development of quantum computers, that scientists have gained a fundamental understanding of just how that information is registered and processed. Building on recent breakthroughs in quantum computation, Seth Lloyd shows how the universe itself is a giant computer.
Every atom and elementary particle stores these bits, and every collision between those atoms and particles flips the bits into a new arrangement and effortlessly spins out beautiful and complex systems, including galaxies, planets and life itself. But every computer needs a program, the set of instructions that tell it what patterns to create.
Where did the bits come from that tell the universe to create its magnificent complexity?
Who - or what - is programming the universe?
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:05/04/2007
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- ISBN:9780099455370
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:05/04/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780099455370