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{{Short description|2006 book by Seth Lloyd}}
{{Infobox Book
| name = Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos
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| translator =
| image = Programming the Universe - book cover.jpg
| image_caption = Softcover edition
| author = [[Seth Lloyd]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| subject = [[Quantum mechanics]], [[
| genre = [[Nonfiction]]
| publisher = [[Alfred A. Knopf]]
| pub_date = 2006
| isbn = 978-
| dewey = 530.12 22
| congress = QC174.12 .L57 2006
| oclc = 423500375
}}
'''''Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos''''' is a 2006 [[popular science]] book by [[Seth Lloyd]], professor of [[mechanical engineering]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. The book proposes that the Universe is a [[quantum computer]] ([[supercomputer]]),
==Reaction==
<blockquote>In the space of 221 dense, frequently thrilling and occasionally exasperating pages,
| last = Powell
| first = Corey S.
| title = Welcome to the Machine
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| date = April 2, 2006
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| accessdate = 2009-06-08}}
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<blockquote>everything in the universe is made of bits. Not chunks of stuff, but chunks of
▲In an interview with ''[[Wired]]'' magazine, Lloyd postulated that
▲<blockquote>everything in the universe is made of bits. Not chunks of stuff, but chunks of information — ones and zeros. … Atoms and electrons are bits. Atomic collisions are "[[Instruction (computer science)|ops]]." [[Machine language]] is the laws of physics. The universe is a [[quantum computer]].<ref>{{cite news
| title = Life, the Universe, and Everything
| work = Issue 14.03
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| date = March 2006
| url =
| accessdate = 2009-06-08
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Gilbert Taylor, writing in ''[[Booklist]]'' of the [[American Library Association]], said that the book:
<blockquote>offers brilliantly clarifying explanations of the "
==See also==
*[[Digital physics]]
*''[[Decoding the Universe]]'', a 2007 book by [[Charles Seife]]
*[[Seth Lloyd]]
*[[Simulation hypothesis]]
*[[Simulated reality]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/lloyd/}}
* ''Ultimate physical limits to computation'', [[Nature (journal)|Nature]], volume 406, pages 1047–1054
[[Category:Science books]]
[[Category:Computer science books]]
[[Category:Information science]]
[[Category:Alfred A. Knopf books]]
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