Is the universe a hologram? : scientists answer the most provocative questions / [interviews by] Ado...
Is the universe a hologram? : scientists answer the most provocative questions / [interviews by] Ado...
Is the universe a hologram? : scientists answer the most provocative questions / [interviews by] Adolfo Plasencia ; foreword by Tim O'Reilly.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
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G 2017/2499
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English
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xxviii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Quantum physics takes free will into account / Ignacio Cirac -- Unifying particle physics with cosmology of the primordial universe / José Bernabéu -- For exoplanets, anything is possible / Sara Seager -- From Casimir forces to black-body radiation : quantum and thermal fluctuations / Alejandro W....
Convergence culture : where old and new media collide / Henry Jenkins -- The logic of physics and logic of computer science / Bebo White -- The pillars of MIT : innovation, radical meritocracy, and open knowledge / Hal Abelson -- We need algorithms that can make explicit what is implicit / Bernardo...
"Affective computing" is no an oxymoron / Rosalind W. Picard -- Mind, brain, and behavior / Alvaro Pascual-Leone -- MIT collaborative innovation : it takes >2 to tango / Israel Ruiz -- Mind over matter : brain-machine interfaces / Jose M. Carmena -- We want robots to see and understand the world / A...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
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Massachusetts
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[2017]
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Conversations with scientists, conducted by a veteran science writer, addressing such issues as intelligence, consciousness, global warming, energy, changing the past, and even the philosophical curveball, "Is the universe a hologram?"
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Is the universe a hologram? : scientists answer the most provocative questions / [interviews by] Adolfo Plasencia ; foreword by Tim O'Reilly.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Online version: Is the universe a hologram? Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017] 9780262339292 (OCoLC)986227801
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G 2017/2499
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0262036010 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780262036016 hardcover ; alkaline paper
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500
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991024104023402626
