A very good clean copy. An eager, ambitious book. A stimulating, accessible introduction to scientific theory." ? ? Dallas Morning News " An enjoyably quick-paced interdisciplinary survey of the outer limits of scientific thought." ? ? Kirkus Reviews " Siegfried weaves a provocative and convincing argument. . . . Recommended for an informed audience." ? ? Library Journal " An excellent introduction to the myriad small worlds that can be teased out of our big one." ? ? Publishers Weekly " A volume of remarkable sweep." ? ? Booklist Now in paperback, The Bit and the Pendulum explores the radical idea at the center of the new physics of information: everything in the universe, from the molecules in our bodies to the heart of a black hole, is made up of bits of information.Award-winning author Tom Siegfried interviews top scientists? all using " bits" to solve the seemingly unsolvable? and provides a high accessible introduction to a fundamentally new way of seeing the world. Lively, engaging, and topical, The Bit and the Pendulum shows how the computer and the " bit" are revealing secrets of the brain, the nature of matter, and the workings of the universe.

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Titel

The Bit and the Pendulum: From Quantum Computing to M Theory-The New Physics of Information

Verlag

Wiley, New York

Ver�ffentlichungsdatum

2000

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0471399744

ISBN-13

9780471399742

Bindung

Soft cover

Ausgabe

1st Edition

Zustand

Very Good

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Science

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Funny, clear, deep, and right on target. [Siegfried] lets us get a handle on ideas that are essential for understanding the evolving world -K. C. Cole, author of The Universe and the Teacup "An eager, ambitious book. A stimulating, accessible introduction to scientific theory" -Dallas Morning News An award-winning journalist surveys the horizon of a new revolution in science Everything in the universe, from the molecules in our bodies to the heart of a black hole, is made up of bits of information. This is the radical idea at the center of the new physics of information, and it is leading to exciting breakthroughs in a vast range of science, including the invention of a new kind of quantum computer, millions of times faster than any computer today. Acclaimed science writer Tom Siegfried offers a lively introduction to the leading scientists and ideas responsible for this exciting new scientific paradigm.

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TOM SIEGFRIED is Science Editor of the Dallas Morning News. He is the recipient of the 1997 American Psychiatric Association's Robert T. Morse Writer's Award.

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