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245 0 0 _aPhysical perspectives on computation, computational perspectives on physics /
_cedited by Michael E. Cuffaro and Samuel C. Fletcher.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 May 2018).
505 0 _aOntic pancomputationalism / Gualtiero Piccinini and Neal G. Anderson -- Zuse's thesis, Gandy's thesis, and Penrose's thesis / B. Jack Copeland, Oron Shagrir, and Mark Sprevak -- Church's thesis, Turing's limits, and Deutsch's principle / Rossella Lupacchini -- How to make orthogonal positions parallel: revisiting the quantum parallelism thesis / Armond Duwell -- How is there a physics of information? on characterizing physical evolution as information processing / Owen J.E. Maroney and Christopher G. Timpson -- Abstraction/representation theory and the natural science of computation / Dominic Horsman, Viv Kendon, and Susan Stepney -- Physics-like models of computation / Klaus Sutner -- Feasible computation: methodological contributions from computational science / Robert H.C. Moir -- Relativistic computation / Hajnal Andréka, Judit X. Madarsssz, Istvssn Németi, Péter Németi, and Gergely Székely -- Intension in the physics of computation: lessons from the debate about Landauer's principle / James Ladyman -- Maxwell's demon does not compute / John D. Norton -- Quantum theory as a principle theory: insights from an information-theoretic reconstruction / Adam Koberinski and Markus P. Müller.
520 _aAlthough computation and the science of physical systems would appear to be unrelated, there are a number of ways in which computational and physical concepts can be brought together in ways that illuminate both. This volume examines fundamental questions which connect scholars from both disciplines: is the universe a computer? Can a universal computing machine simulate every physical process? What is the source of the computational power of quantum computers? Are computational approaches to solving physical problems and paradoxes always fruitful? Contributors from multiple perspectives reflecting the diversity of thought regarding these interconnections address many of the most important developments and debates within this exciting area of research. Both a reference to the state of the art and a valuable and accessible entry to interdisciplinary work, the volume will interest researchers and students working in physics, computer science, and philosophy of science and mathematics.
650 0 _aMathematical physics.
650 0 _aComputational complexity.
650 0 _aPhysics
_xData processing.
650 0 _aComputer science
_xMathematics.
700 1 _aCuffaro, Michael E.,
_d1973-
_eeditor.
700 1 _aFletcher, Samuel C.,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107171190
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316759745
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