Computable Universe, A: Understanding and Exploring Nature as Computation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789814374293)

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.

Author: Anil G. Ladde
ISBN-10: 9814374296
ISBN-13: 9789814374293
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 12/21/2012
Pages: 856
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.70d