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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 - Couverture souple

Rucker, Rudy

 
9781560258988: The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
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ISBN 10 : 1560258985 ISBN 13 : 9781560258988
Editeur : Basic Books, 2006

Synopsis

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, goes the ancient saying. This concept is at the root of the computational worldview, which basically says that very complex systems — the world we live in — have their beginnings in simple mathematical equations. We've lately come to understand that such an algorithm is only the start of a never-ending story — the real action occurs in the unfolding consequences of the rules. The chip-in-a-box computers so popular in our time have acted as a kind of microscope, letting us see into the secret machinery of the world. In Lifebox, Rucker uses whimsical drawings, fables, and humor to demonstrate that everything is a computation — that thoughts, computations, and physical processes are all the same. Rucker discusses the linguistic and computational advances that make this kind of "digital philosophy" possible, and explains how, like every great new principle, the computational world view contains the seeds of a next step.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rudy Rucker, Ph.D, is professor of computer science at the University of California at San José. He is best known for his popular books about science and consciousness, such as The Fourth Dimension, Infinity and the Mind, and Mind Tools.

The author of thirteen novels, Rucker is considered one of the core cyberpunk writers. His novels Software and Wetware each won the Philip K. Dick Award. Rucker has worked as a software engineer at Autodesk Inc., where he developed several software packages, including James Gleick's Chaos: The Software. And he was co-editor of the famed cyberdelic how-to book, The Mondo 2000 User's Guide to the New Edge. Rucker currently teaches game programming using his textbook, Software Engineering and Computer Games.

See Rucker's website http://www.cs.sjsu.edu/faculty/rucker for a extended bio, complete list of publications, software downloads, etc.

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Éditeur
Basic Books
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1560258985
ISBN 13 
9781560258988
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
576
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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