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As reviewer Corey S. Powell put it in the ''New York Times''. Lloyd:
<blockquote>In the space of 221 dense, frequently thrilling and occasionally exasperating pages, … tackles computer logic, [[thermodynamics]], [[chaos theory]], [[complexity]], [[quantum mechanics]], [[cosmology]], [[consciousness]], sex and the [[origin of life]] — throwing in, for good measure, a heartbreaking afterword that repaints the significance of all that has come before.takes as his topic the fundamental workings of the
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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 "[[ops]]." [[Machine language]] is the laws of physics. The universe is a [[quantum computer]].<ref>{{cite news
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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 "[[bit]]," the smallest unit of information; how bits change their [[state]]; and how changes-of-state can be registered on atoms via quantum-mechanical qualities such as "[[spin]]" and "[[superposition]]." Putting readers in the know about quantum computation, Lloyd then informs them that it may well be the answer to physicists' search for a[[ unified theory]] of everything. Exploring big questions in accessible, comprehensive fashion, Lloyd's work is of vital importance to the general-science audience.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Universe-Quantum-Computer-Scientist/dp/1400033861/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244475402&sr=1-1 Quoted on the Amazon website.]</ref></blockquote>
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