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Programming The Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos by Seth Lloyd (Paperback, 2007)

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You are buying ONE brand new BOOK Programming The Universe - A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos. Author: Lloyd, Seth. Year first published: 2007. Approximate dimensions: 200mm x 131mm x 17mm.

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A hugely important book about one of the hottest topics in science - the extent to which the universe functions as a giant computer. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE BIT... The universe is made of bits of information and it has been known for more than a century that every piece of the the universe - every electron, atom and molecule - registers these bits and that information. It is only in the last years, however, with the discovery and development of quantum computers, that scientists have gained a fundamental understanding of just how that information is registered and processed. Building on recent breakthroughs in quantum computation, Seth Lloyd shows how the universe itself is a giant computer. Every atom and elementary particle stores these bits, and every collision between those atoms and particles flips the bits into a new arrangement and effortlessly spins out beautiful and complex systems, including galaxies, planets and life itself. But every computer needs a program, the set of instructions that tell it what patterns to create. Where did the bits come from that tell the universe to create its magnificent complexity? Who - or what - is programming the universe?