Ebook: Information Theory and Quantum Physics: Physical Foundations for Understanding the Conscious Process
- Tags: Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology Spintronics, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Numerical and Computational Physics, Coding and Information Theory
- Series: Texts and Monographs in Physics
- Year: 2000
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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In this book, H. S. Green, a former student of Max Born and well known as an author in physics and in philosophy of science, presents an individual and modern approach to theoretical physics and related fundamental problems. Starting from first principles, the links between physics and information science are unveiled step by step: modern information theory and the classical theory of the Turing machine are combined to create a new interpretation of quantum computability, which is then applied to field theory, gravitation and submicroscopic measurement theory and culminates in a detailed examination of the role of the conscious observer in physical measurements. The result is a highly readable book that unifies a wide range of scientific knowledge and is essential reading for all scientists and philosophers of science interested in the interpretation and the implications of the interaction between information science and basic physical theories.
In this book, H. S. Green, a former student of Max Born and well known as an author in physics and in philosophy of science, presents an individual and modern approach to theoretical physics and related fundamental problems. Starting from first principles, the links between physics and information science are unveiled step by step: modern information theory and the classical theory of the Turing machine are combined to create a new interpretation of quantum computability, which is then applied to field theory, gravitation and submicroscopic measurement theory and culminates in a detailed examination of the role of the conscious observer in physical measurements. The result is a highly readable book that unifies a wide range of scientific knowledge and is essential reading for all scientists and philosophers of science interested in the interpretation and the implications of the interaction between information science and basic physical theories.
In this book, H. S. Green, a former student of Max Born and well known as an author in physics and in philosophy of science, presents an individual and modern approach to theoretical physics and related fundamental problems. Starting from first principles, the links between physics and information science are unveiled step by step: modern information theory and the classical theory of the Turing machine are combined to create a new interpretation of quantum computability, which is then applied to field theory, gravitation and submicroscopic measurement theory and culminates in a detailed examination of the role of the conscious observer in physical measurements. The result is a highly readable book that unifies a wide range of scientific knowledge and is essential reading for all scientists and philosophers of science interested in the interpretation and the implications of the interaction between information science and basic physical theories.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
First Principles....Pages 1-14
Quantal Bits....Pages 15-35
Events in Space and Time....Pages 37-59
Quantal ‘Tapes’....Pages 61-81
Observables and Information....Pages 83-113
Quantized Field Theories....Pages 115-144
Gravitation....Pages 145-169
Measurement and the Observer....Pages 171-209
Back Matter....Pages 211-244
In this book, H. S. Green, a former student of Max Born and well known as an author in physics and in philosophy of science, presents an individual and modern approach to theoretical physics and related fundamental problems. Starting from first principles, the links between physics and information science are unveiled step by step: modern information theory and the classical theory of the Turing machine are combined to create a new interpretation of quantum computability, which is then applied to field theory, gravitation and submicroscopic measurement theory and culminates in a detailed examination of the role of the conscious observer in physical measurements. The result is a highly readable book that unifies a wide range of scientific knowledge and is essential reading for all scientists and philosophers of science interested in the interpretation and the implications of the interaction between information science and basic physical theories.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
First Principles....Pages 1-14
Quantal Bits....Pages 15-35
Events in Space and Time....Pages 37-59
Quantal ‘Tapes’....Pages 61-81
Observables and Information....Pages 83-113
Quantized Field Theories....Pages 115-144
Gravitation....Pages 145-169
Measurement and the Observer....Pages 171-209
Back Matter....Pages 211-244
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