Decoding the Universe-How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, From Our Brains to Black Holes (Chinese Edition) - Softcover

[mei ]cha Dong Si ·sai Fei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 7542849700 ISBN 13: 9787542849700

Publisher: Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House, 2003

Synopsis

Starting from the characteristics of information, this book discusses in detail the information theory and quantum computing and shows us an unbelievable Byzantine universe scenario, involving the essence of life, thermodynamics, relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, multiple universes, and the fate of the universe.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Seife is the author of Alpha and Omega and Zero, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for first nonfiction book and was named a New York Times Notable Book. He is an associate professor of journalism at New York University and has written for Scientific American, the Economist, and many other publications.

From Publishers Weekly:

Starred Review. In a book that's all but impossible to put down, science journalist Seife (Alpha & Omega) explains how the concepts of information theory have begun to unlock many of the mysteries of the universe, from quantum mechanics to black holes and the likely end of the universe. Seife presents a compelling case that information is the one constant that ties all of science, indeed all of the universe, together. His skill with language permits him to do what many have tried and few have accomplished—making complicated concepts of quantum mechanics accessible to the average reader. Seife demonstrates how quantum oddities so alien to classical physics actually are consistent with the same physical laws that govern the world we see. For example, the fact that entangled particles half a universe away can instantaneously communicate with one another (what Einstein called "spooky action" at a distance), apparently violating the law that nothing can exceed the speed of light, can be understood through information theory. Seife takes all of this to a most bizarre, but logical, conclusion reached by many cosmologists: the universe as we know it is but one of an infinite number of universes, all brought into being through information transfer. (Feb. 6)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 7542849700
• ISBN 13: 9787542849700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 199