The Fabric of RealityAn extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which reveal the fabric of realityin which human actions and ideas play essential roles. |
Contents
Preface | |
Acknowledgements | |
The Theory of Everything | |
Shadows | |
Problemsolving | |
Criteria for Reality | |
Virtual Reality | |
Universality and the Limits of Computation | |
Quantum Computers | |
The Nature of Mathematics | |
The First Quantum Concept | |
Time Travel | |
The Four Strands | |
The Ends of the Universe | |
Bibliography | |
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