Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos. By Seth Lloyd. Alfred A. Knopf.
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Is 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 wonderfully accessible 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.”
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