The bit and the pendulum : from quantum computing to M theory--the new physics of information / Tom...
The bit and the pendulum : from quantum computing to M theory--the new physics of information / Tom...
The bit and the pendulum : from quantum computing to M theory--the new physics of information / Tom Siegfried.
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New York, N.Y. ; Chichester : John Wiley, c2000.
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T0370027
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English
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Physical content
vi, 281 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Beam Up the Goulash -- 2. Machines and Metaphors -- 3. Information Is Physical -- 4. The Quantum and the Computer -- 5. The Computational Cell -- 6. The Computational Brain -- 7. Consciousness and Complexity -- 8. IGUSes -- 9. Quantum Reality -- 10. From Black Holes to Supermatter -- 11. The Magi...
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Publisher
New York, N.Y. ; Chichester : John Wiley, c2000.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2000.
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Summary
"Siegfried has interviewed the leading researchers, and he provides lucid and entertaining explanations of the remarkable range of work they are doing. We are introduced to the latest theories in quantum physics and how they are being applied by quantum cryptographers to create secret codes that are absolutely unbreakable. We learn how the mind-bog...
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The bit and the pendulum : from quantum computing to M theory--the new physics of information / Tom Siegfried.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N004/131.
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c2000.
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T0370027
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0471321745 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780471321743 :
0471321745 :
9780471321743 (alk. paper)
0471321745 (alk. paper)
9780471399742
0471399744
9780471321743
0471321745
9780471399742 (paper)
0471399744 (paper)
9780471321743 (cloth : alk. paper)
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004
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991012587489702626
