 Softcover edition | |
| Author | Seth Lloyd |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Quantum mechanics, quantum computers |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 978-1-4000-4092-6 |
| OCLC | 423500375 |
| 530.12 22 | |
| LC Class | QC174.12 .L57 2006 |
Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos is a 2006 popular science book by Seth Lloyd, professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The book proposes that the Universe is a quantum computer (supercomputer), and advances in the understanding of physics may come from viewing entropy as a phenomenon of information, rather than simply thermodynamics. Lloyd also postulates that the Universe can be fully simulated using a quantum computer; however, in the absence of a theory of quantum gravity, such a simulation is not yet possible. "Particles not only collide, they compute."[1]
- ^ Lloyd, Seth, Programming the Universe, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, 978-1-4000-4092-6