Programming the Universe - A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos

Seth Lloyd

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

2006

221 páginas

7h 22m

ISBN-10: 0307264718

Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd, the answer is yes.

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. What is the entire universe computing, ultimately? “Its own dynamical evolution,” he says. “As the computation proceeds, reality unfolds.” Programming the Universe, a wonderfully accessible book, presents an original and compelling vision of reality, revealing our world in an entirely new light.