Overview
- 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: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Brendan Foster
Zeeya Merali
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: It From Bit or Bit From It?
Book Subtitle: On Physics and Information
Editors: Anthony Aguirre, Brendan Foster, Zeeya Merali
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12946-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12945-7Published: 09 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36075-1Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12946-4Published: 03 February 2015
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 240
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations
Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Data Structures and Information Theory, Quantum Computing