Vedral, Vlatko.

Decoding reality : the universe as quantum information / Vlatko Vedral. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - x, 229 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index.

Creation ex nihilo : something from nothing -- Information for all seasons -- Back to basics : bits and pieces -- Digital romance : life is a four-letter word -- Murphy's Law : I knew this would happen to me -- Place your bets in it to win it -- Social informatics : get connected or die tryin' -- Quantum schmuntum : lights, camera, action! -- Surfing the waves : hyper-fast computers -- Children of the aimless chance : randomness versus determinism -- Sand reckoning : whose information is it, anyway? -- Destruction ab toto : nothing from something.

9780199237692 (hc.) 9780199695744 0199237697 (hc.)

2009941586


Information theory.
Quantum theory.
Quantum computers.
Space and time.
Physics--Philosophy.

Q360 / .V43 2010

003.54 / VVD