Decoding Reality by Vlatko Vedral
In this engaging and mind-stretching book, Vlatko Vedral explores the nature of information and looks at quantum computing, discussing the bizarre effects that arise from the quantum world. He concludes by asking the ultimate question: where did all of the information in the Universe come from?
By turns irreverent, erudite and funny, Decoding Reality is - by the standard of books that require their readers to know what a logarithm is - a ripping good read..Not since David Deutsch's magestierial 'The Fabric of Reality' has a physicist given us such a wide-ranging and intriguing picture of how quantum mechanics constructs the world. * Seth Lloyd, New Scientist *
Well written and engaging, the book provides a constant flow of new ideas. * Science *
The author evinces great enthusiasm and curiosity throughout. * Steven Poole, The Guardian *
By turns irreverent, erudite and funny, Decoding Reality is...a ripping good read. * Seth Lloyd, New Scientist *
A wide-ranging and intriguing picture of how quantum mechanics constructs the world. * Seth Lloyd, New Scientist *
Excellent, thought-provoking book. * BBC Focus Magazine, Marcus Chown *
An engaging, non-technical exploration of what the new theory of quantum information and computation tells us about life, the universe, and everything. * David Deutsch, author of The Fabric of Reality *
Let Vedral guide you skilfully through the wonderland of modern physics - where nothing is as it seems. This is the finest treatment I have read of the weird interplay of quantum reality, information and probability. * Paul Davies, author of The Eerie Silence and The Goldilocks Enigma *
Vedral's book goes to dizzying heights in answering the very big question: can one understand all of reality from a scientific point of view? * Sheldon Richmond, Science and Education *
Well written and engaging, the book provides a constant flow of new ideas. * Science *
The author evinces great enthusiasm and curiosity throughout. * Steven Poole, The Guardian *
By turns irreverent, erudite and funny, Decoding Reality is...a ripping good read. * Seth Lloyd, New Scientist *
A wide-ranging and intriguing picture of how quantum mechanics constructs the world. * Seth Lloyd, New Scientist *
Excellent, thought-provoking book. * BBC Focus Magazine, Marcus Chown *
An engaging, non-technical exploration of what the new theory of quantum information and computation tells us about life, the universe, and everything. * David Deutsch, author of The Fabric of Reality *
Let Vedral guide you skilfully through the wonderland of modern physics - where nothing is as it seems. This is the finest treatment I have read of the weird interplay of quantum reality, information and probability. * Paul Davies, author of The Eerie Silence and The Goldilocks Enigma *
Vedral's book goes to dizzying heights in answering the very big question: can one understand all of reality from a scientific point of view? * Sheldon Richmond, Science and Education *
Vlatko Vedral studied undergraduate theoretical physics at Imperial College London, where he also received a PhD for his work on 'Quantum Information Theory of Entanglement'. Since June 2009, Vedral has held the position of Professor of Quantum Information Science at the University of Oxford. He also holds a professorship in Physics at the National University of Singapore. Throughout his career he has held a number of visiting professorships at different international institutions. He has published more than 170 research papers and has written two undergraduate textbooks. He has frequently written for popular science journals and major daily newspapers, as well as having done extensive radio programmes and television interviews.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198815433 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198815433 |
| Title | Decoding Reality |
| Author | Vlatko Vedral |
| Series | Oxford Landmark Science |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2018-02-08 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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