Programming the universe
Subtitle: from the big bang to quantum computers
By: by Seth Lloyd.
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780739474716
Subjects: Quantum theory -- Mathematical models.; Microcomputers -- Programming.; Quantum computers.
First sentence: "In the beginning was the bit," I began.
Table of contents: label: Prologue
title: The Apple and the Universe
pagenum: ix; label: Part One
title: The Big Picture
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Chapter 2
title: Computation
pagenum: 17; label: Chapter 3
title: The computational universe
pagenum: 38; label: Part Two
title: A Closer Look
pagenum: 63; label: Chapter 4
title: Information and physical systems
pagenum: 65; label: Chapter 5
title: Quantum mechanics
pagenum: 100; label: Chapter 6
title: Atoms at work
pagenum: 128; label: Chapter 7
title: The universal computer
pagenum: 149; label: Chapter 8
title: Complexity simplified
pagenum: 176; label: Personal note
title: The Consolation of Information
pagenum: 213; label: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 217