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A Computable Universe: Understanding and Exploring Nature as Computation
Contributor(s): Ladde, Anil G. (Author), Ladde, G. S. (Author), Zenil, Hector (Editor)

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ISBN: 9814374296     ISBN-13: 9789814374293
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
OUR PRICE: $295.45  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Differential Equations - General
- Computers | Computer Science
- Mathematics | Applied
Dewey: 511.3
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.2" W x 9" L (2.95 lbs) 856 pages
 
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This volume, with a foreword by Sir Roger Penrose, discusses the foundations of computation in relation to nature.It focuses on two main questions: The contributors are world-renowned experts who have helped shape a cutting-edge computational understanding of the universe. They discuss computation in the world from a variety of perspectives, ranging from foundational concepts to pragmatic models to ontological conceptions and philosophical implications.The volume provides a state-of-the-art collection of technical papers and non-technical essays, representing a field that assumes information and computation to be key in understanding and explaining the basic structure underpinning physical reality. It also includes a new edition of Konrad Zuse's "Calculating Space" (the MIT translation), and a panel discussion transcription on the topic, featuring worldwide experts in quantum mechanics, physics, cognition, computation and algorithmic complexity.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Alan M Turing -- the inventor of universal computation, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, and is part of the Turing Centenary celebrations.
 
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