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Davies, Paul

Information and the nature of realityfrom physics to metaphysics /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Information and the nature of realityedited by Paul Davies, Niels Henrik Gregersen.
Reminder of title:	from physics to metaphysics /
remainder title:	Information & the Nature of Reality
other author:	Davies, Paul
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2014.
Description:	xvii, 487 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Subject:	CosmologyCongresses.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107589056
ISBN:	9781107589056$q(electronic bk.)

Information and the nature of realityfrom physics to metaphysics /
Information and the nature of realityfrom physics to metaphysics /[electronic resource] :Information & the Nature of Realityedited by Paul Davies, Niels Henrik Gregersen. - Canto classics edition. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2014. - xvii, 487 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Canto classics. - Canto classics..

Part I. History. From matter to materialism .. and (almost) back -- Unsolved dilemmas : the concept of matter in the history of philosophy and in contemporary physics -- part II. Physics. Universe from bit -- The computational universe -- Minds and values in the quantum universe -- part III. Biology. The concept of information in biology -- What is missing from theories of information? -- Information and communication in living matter -- Semiotic freedom : an emerging force -- Care on Earth : generating informed concern -- part IV. Philosophy and theology. The sciences of complexity : a new theological resource? -- God as the ultimate informational principle -- Information, theology and the universe -- God, matter and information : towards a stoicizing logos Christology -- What is the "spiritual body"? : on what may be regarded as "ultimate" in the interrelation between God, matter and information.

Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information has gained importance. Why? In this book, eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information, from quantum information to biological and digital information, in order to understand how nature works. Beginning with a historical treatment of the topic, the book also examines physical and biological approaches to information, and its philosophical, theological and ethical implications.

ISBN: 9781107589056$q(electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

440454
Cosmology
--Congresses.

LC Class. No.: BD701 / .I49 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 110

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