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008			130407s2006 nyua b 000 0 eng
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020			_a9781400040926
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050	0	0	_aQC174.12 _b.L57 2006
082	0	0	_a530.12 LLO
100	1		_aLloyd, Seth _d, 1960-
245	1	0	_aProgramming the universe _b: a quantum computer scientist takes on the cosmos _c/ Seth Lloyd.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Knopf _c, 2006.
300			_axii, 221 p. _b: ill. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-221).
520			_aIs the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd--professor of quantum-mechanical engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a working quantum computer--the answer is yes. This book illuminates the professional and personal paths that led him to this remarkable conclusion. All interactions between particles in the universe, Lloyd explains, convey not only energy but also information--in other words, particles not only collide, they compute. And what is the entire universe computing, ultimately? "Its own dynamical evolution," he says. "As the computation proceeds, reality unfolds." To elucidate his theory, Lloyd examines the history of the cosmos, posing questions that in other hands might seem unfathomably complex: How much information is there in the universe? What information existed at the moment of the Big Bang and what happened to it? How do quantum mechanics and chaos theory interact to create our world? Could we attempt to re-create it on a giant quantum computer?--From publisher description.
650		4	_aQuantum theory _x-Mathematical models
650		0	_aMicrocomputers _x--Programming
650		0	_aQuantum computers
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