Decoding reality: the universe as quantum information.

Vedral, Vlatko

Published by Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010

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very good dust-jacket, cover price $29.95, attractive copy, very good black hardcover, little used if at all. VEDRAL, VLATKO. Decoding reality: the universe as quantum information. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, 1st printing number line starting with 1, x, 229pp., . "In this engaging and mind-stretching account, Vlatko Vedral considers some of the deepest questions about the universe and considers the implications of interpreting it in terms of information. He explains the nature of information, the idea of entropy, and the roots of this thinking in thermodynamics. He describes the bizarre effects of quantum behaviour--effects such as 'entanglement', which Einstein called 'spooky action at a distance' and explores cutting-edge work on the harnessing quantum effects in hyperfast quantum computers, and how recent evidence suggests that the weirdness of the quantum world, once thought limited to the tiniest scales, may reach into the macro world." - CONTENTS: Creation ex nihilo : something from nothing -- Information for all seasons -- Back to basics : bits and pieces -- Digital romance : life is a four-letter word -- Murphy's Law : I knew this would happen to me -- Place your bets A: in it to win it -- Social informatics : get connected or die tryin' -- Quantum schmuntum : lights, camera, action! ; Surfing the waves : hyper-fast computers ; Children of the aimless chance : randomness versus determinism -- Sand reckoning : whose information is it, anyway? -- Destruction ab toto : nothing from something. ISBN 9780199237692.

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Title: Decoding reality: the universe as quantum information.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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