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COMPUTABLE UNIVERSE, A: UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLORING NATURE AS COMPUTATION
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| By: |
Hector Zenil (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£270.00 |
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£243.00 |
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£27.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9814374296 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789814374293 |
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| Publisher: |
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO PTE LTD |
| Pub. date: |
31 October, 2012 |
| Pages: |
856 |
| Description: |
Discusses the foundations of computation in relation to nature. This title focuses on two main questions: What is computation? How does nature compute? It also discusses computation in the world from a variety of perspectives, ranging from foundational concepts to pragmatic models to ontological conceptions and philosophical implications. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
Singapore |
| Imprint: |
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
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Returnable |
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