Programming the Universe
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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 - reg...
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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. 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?
Detaljer
Forlag
Vintage
ISBN
9780099455370
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
256
Udgivelsesdato
05-04-2007
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1574010
EAN nr.
9780099455370
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
130
Bredde (mm)
199
Længde (mm)
16
Vægt (g)
184