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The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, The Meaning of Life, And How to Be Happy

The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, The Meaning of Life, And How to Be Happy - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Rudy RuckerPublish date:2016-11-12Pages:470
Language:EnglishPublisher:Transreal BooksISBN-13:9781940948256ISBN-10:1940948258UPC:9781940948256Book Category:Science, Mathematics, ComputersBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social AspectsSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.95 inchesWeight:1.6424Product ID:SC2ZWZ5G68
A playful and profound survey of the concept of computation across the entire spectrum of human thought-written by a mathematician novelist who spent twenty years as a Silicon Valley computer scientist. The logic is correct, and the conclusions are startling. Simple rules can generate gnarly patterns. Physics obeys laws, but the outcomes aren't predictable. Free will is real. The mind is like a quantum computer. Social strata are skewed by universal scaling laws. And there can never be a simple trick for answering all possible questions about our world's natural processes. We live amid splendor beyond our control.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Transreal BooksISBN-13:9781940948256ISBN-10:1940948258UPC:9781940948256Book Category:Science, Mathematics, ComputersBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social AspectsSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.95 inchesWeight:1.6424Product ID:SC2ZWZ5G68
Publisher: Transreal Books

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