Anthony Aguirre: It From Bit or Bit From It?

Cover: 9783319360751 | It From Bit or Bit From It? | On Physics and Information | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

The essays in this book look at the question of whether physics can be based on information, or ¿ as John Wheeler phrased it ¿ whether we can get ¿It from Bit¿. They are based on the prize-winning essays submitted to the FQXi essay competition of the same name, which drew over 180 entries.
The eighteen contributions address topics as diverse as quantum foundations, entropy conservation, nonlinear logic and countable spacetime. Together they provide stimulating reading for all physics aficionados interested in the possible role(s) of information in the laws of nature.
The Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.

Über den Autor

Anthony Aguirre

Brendan Foster

Zeeya Merali

Zusammenfassung

Published in cooperation with the renowned physics "think-tank" Foundational Questions Institute, FQXi

Specially reworked versions of the most exciting essays of over 180 submissions

Provides fascinating insights into, and new ideas about the role of information in physics

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction (A. Aguirre, B. Foster, Z. Merali).- "It From Bit" and the Quantum Probability Rule (M. Leifer).- It From Qubit (G. D'Ariano).- It From Qubit: How to Draw Quantum Contextuality (M. Planat).- The Tao of It and Bit (C. Stoica).- Information-Based Physics and the Influence Network (K. Knuth).- Relative Information at the Foundation of Physics (C. Rovelli).- Information and the Foundations of Quantum Theory.- An Insight into Information, Entanglement and Time (P. Borrill).- These From Bits (Y. Shikano).- Self-Similarity, Conservation of Entropy/Bits and the Black Hole Information Puzzle (D. Singleton, E. Vagenas, T. Zhu).- Spacetime Weave - Bit as the Connection between its or the Informational Content of Spacetime (T. Asselmeyer-Maluga).- Now Broadcasting in Planck Definition (C. Hogan).- Is Spacetime Countable? (S. Gryb).- Without Cause (M. Feeley).- Information and the Foundations of Quantum Theory (A. Bassi, S. Ghosh, T. Singh).- Reality, no Matter how you Slice it (K. Wharton).- "Bit From It" (J. Barbour).- Contextuality: Wheeler's Universal Regulating Principle (I. Durham).- It From Bit From It From Bit Nature and Nonlinear Logic (W. McHarris).

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Theoretische Physik
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Physik , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	viii 240 S. 50 s/w Illustr. 240 p. 50 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783319360751
ISBN-10:	3319360752
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion:	Aguirre, Anthony Merali, Zeeya Foster, Brendan
Herausgeber:	Anthony Aguirre/Brendan Foster/Zeeya Merali
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2015
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Anthony Aguirre (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.10.2016
Gewicht:	0,382 kg