Decoding the Universe : How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everythingin the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes

Seife, Charles

ISBN 10: 067003441X / ISBN 13: 9780670034413

Editore: Penguin Publishing Group, 2006

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Titolo: Decoding the Universe : How the New Science ...

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group

Data di pubblicazione: 2006

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione: Very Good

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An accessible introduction to information theory and its relevance within modern scientific circles explains how theorists now believe that information is a fundamental element of the physical world and can offer new insights into the mysteries of physics, the nature of space and time, and the creation and destruction of the universe. 30,000 first printing.

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Charles Seife is an associate professor of journalism at New York University.

Charles Seife is the author of five previous books, including Proofiness and Zero, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for first nonfiction and was a New York Times notable book. He has written for a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times, Wired, New Scientist, Science, Scientific American, and The Economist. He is a professor of journalism at New York University and lives in New York City.