Vedral, Vlatko
Decoding Reality: The Universe as Quantum Information
- ISBN 13:
- 9780198815433
- author:
- Vedral, Vlatko
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 13 x 1.5 centimetres (0.1
- Genre:
- Computers, Computer Science, General
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
For physicist Vlatko Vedral, the universe is fundamentally information. This idea underpins our understanding of its workings and our own existence as transient patterns of digital code. In "Decoding Reality", he explores the deepest questions about the universe, considering how information shapes our perception of reality. Vedral delves into the nature of information, entropy, and the roots of this thinking in thermodynamics. He also examines the bizarre effects of quantum behaviour, such as entanglement, and discusses cutting-edge work on harnessing quantum effects in hyperfast quantum computers. The book ultimately poses a profound question: where did all the information in the universe come from? Vedral's answers are thought-provoking and draw upon the work of distinguished physicist John Wheeler. This edition includes a new foreword from the author, reflecting on changes in the world of quantum information since its initial publication.
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