Author: VEDRAL, VLATKO
Title: Decoding reality : the universe as quantum information
Description: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2010. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 229 pages; Description: 1 vol. (x-229 p.) : couv. ill. jacquette. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Quantum theory.Information theory.Quantum computers. Contents: PROLOGUE; 1. Creation Ex Nihilo: something from nothing; 2. Information for all seasons; PART I; 3. Back to basics: bits and pieces; 4. Digital romance: life is a four-letter word; 5. Murphy's Law: I knew this would happen to me; 6. Place your bets: in it to win it; 7. Social informatics: get connected or die tryin'; PART II; 8. Quantum schmuntum: lights. camera. action!; 9. Surfing the waves: hyper-fast computers; 10. Children of the aimless chance: randomness versus determinism; PART III; 11. Sand reckoning: whose information is it. anyway?; 12. Destruction ab toto: the darkness of reality; Epilogue; Bibliography.Weight in Kg appr.:

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