The bit and the pendulum :

Siegfried, Tom, 1950-

The bit and the pendulum : from quantum computing to M theory-- the new physics of information / by Tom Siegfried. - New York : Wiley, c2000. - vi, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Beam Up the Goulash------------------
Chapter 2: Machines and Metaphors-------------
Chapter 3: Information is Physical-------------
Chapter 4: The Quantum and the Computer-------------
Chapter 5: The Computational Cell-----------------
Chapter 6: The Computational Brain-------------------
Chapter 7: Consciousness and Complexity------------
Chapter 8: IGUSes--------------
Chapter 9: Quantum Reality------------
Chapter 10: From Black Holes to Supermatter----------
Chapter 11: The Magical Mystery Theory-----------
Chapter 12: The Bit and The Pendulum---------------

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Computer science.
Physics.
Information technology.

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