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Programming the universe :a quantum ...

Lloyd, Seth, (1960-)

Programming the universe :a quantum computer scientist takes on the cosmos /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Programming the universe :Seth Lloyd.
Reminder of title:	a quantum computer scientist takes on the cosmos /
Author:	Lloyd, Seth,
Published:	New York :Vintage Books,2007.
Description:	xii, 239 p. :ill. ;21 cm.
Notes:	"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... New York, in 2006"--T.p. verso.
Subject:	Quantum computers.
ISBN:	1400033861 (pbk.)

Programming the universe :a quantum computer scientist takes on the cosmos /
Lloyd, Seth,1960-

Programming the universe :a quantum computer scientist takes on the cosmos /Seth Lloyd. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York :Vintage Books,2007. - xii, 239 p. :ill. ;21 cm.

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf ... New York, in 2006"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.

Introduction -- Computation -- The computational universe -- Information and physical systems -- Quantum mechanics -- Atoms at work -- The universal computer -- Complexity simplified.

Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd--professor of quantum-mechanical engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a working quantum computer--the answer is yes. This book illuminates the professional and personal paths that led him to this remarkable conclusion. All interactions between particles in the universe, Lloyd explains, convey not only energy but also information--in other words, particles not only collide, they compute. And what is the entire universe computing, ultimately? "Its own dynamical evolution," he says. "As the computation proceeds, reality unfolds." To elucidate his theory, Lloyd examines the history of the cosmos, posing questions that in other hands might seem unfathomably complex: How much information is there in the universe? What information existed at the moment of the Big Bang and what happened to it? How do quantum mechanics and chaos theory interact to create our world? Could we attempt to re-create it on a giant quantum computer?--From publisher description.

ISBN: 1400033861 (pbk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

224163
Quantum computers.

LC Class. No.: QC174.12 / .L57 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 530.12

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