It from bit or bit from it? : on physics and information /: on physics and information. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali, editors.
• Editors: Aguirre, Anthony (Anthony Nicholas); Foster, Brendan (Brendan Zdon); Merali, Zeeya
• Contents: 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).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 240 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 530.1; Physics; SCIENCE -- Energy; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General; SCIENCE -- Physics -- General; Physics; Physics; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory; Quantum Computing; Science -- Physics; Computers -- Information Technology; Computers -- Information Theory; Science -- Quantum Theory; History of science; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory); Algorithms & data structures; Mathematical theory of computation; Data structures (Computer science); Science -- Mathematical Physics; Mathematical physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319129464; 3319129465; 3319129457; 9783319129457
• Related ISBNs: 9783319129457
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 9, 2015).
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