{"product_id":"9789814447782","title":"Computable Universe, A: Understanding And Exploring Nature As Computation: Understanding and Exploring Nature as Computation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume, with a foreword by Sir Roger Penrose, discusses the foundations of computation in relation to nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt focuses on two main questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is computation?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow does nature compute?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors are world-renowned experts who have helped shape a cutting-edge computational understanding of the universe. They discuss computation in the world from a variety of perspectives, ranging from foundational concepts to pragmatic models to ontological conceptions and philosophical implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume provides a state-of-the-art collection of technical papers and non-technical essays, representing a field that assumes information and computation to be key in understanding and explaining the basic structure underpinning physical reality. It also includes a new edition of Konrad Zuse's “Calculating Space” (the MIT translation), and a panel discussion transcription on the topic, featuring worldwide experts in quantum mechanics, physics, cognition, computation and algorithmic complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume is dedicated to the memory of Alan M Turing — the inventor of universal computation, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, and is part of the Turing Centenary celebrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword \u003ci\u003e(R Penrose)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroducing the Computable Universe \u003ci\u003e(H Zenil)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistorical, Philosophical \u0026amp; Foundational Aspects of Computation:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigins of Digital Computing: Alan Turing, Charles Babbage, \u0026amp; Ada Lovelace \u003ci\u003e(D Swade)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerating, Solving and the Mathematics of Homo Sapiens. E Post's Views on Computation \u003ci\u003e(L De Mol)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachines \u003ci\u003e(R Turner)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffectiveness \u003ci\u003e(N Dershowitz \u0026amp; E Falkovich)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAxioms for Computability: Do They Allow a Proof of Church's Thesis? \u003ci\u003e(W Sieg)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mathematician's Bias — and the Return to Embodied Computation \u003ci\u003e(S B Cooper)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntuitionistic Mathematics and Realizability in the Physical World \u003ci\u003e(A Bauer)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is Computation? Actor Model versus Turing's Model \u003ci\u003e(C Hewitt)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComputation in Nature \u0026amp; the Real World:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaction Systems: A Natural Computing Approach to the Functioning of Living Cells \u003ci\u003e(A Ehrenfeucht, J Kleijn, M Koutny \u0026amp; G Rozenberg)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBacteria, Turing Machines and Hyperbolic Cellular Automata \u003ci\u003e(M Margenstern)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComputation and Communication in Unorganized Systems \u003ci\u003e(C Teuscher)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Many Forms of Amorphous Computational Systems \u003ci\u003e(J Wiedermann)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComputing on Rings \u003ci\u003e(G J Martínez, A Adamatzky \u0026amp; H V McIntosh)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife as Evolving Software \u003ci\u003e(G J Chaitin)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComputability and Algorithmic Complexity in Economics \u003ci\u003e(K V Velupillai \u0026amp; S Zambelli)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlueprint for a Hypercomputer \u003ci\u003e(F A Doria)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComputation \u0026amp; Physics \u0026amp; the Physics of Computation:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation-Theoretic Teleodynamics in Natural and Artificial Systems \u003ci\u003e(A F Beavers \u0026amp; C D Harrison)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscrete Theoretical Processes (DTP) \u003ci\u003e(E Fredkin)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fastest Way of Computing All Universes \u003ci\u003e(J Schmidhuber)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Subjective Computable Universe \u003ci\u003e(M Hutter)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Is Ultimately Possible in Physics? \u003ci\u003e(S Wolfram)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUniversality, Turing Incompleteness and Observers \u003ci\u003e(K Sutner)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlgorithmic Causal Sets for a Computational Spacetime \u003ci\u003e(T Bolognesi)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Computable Universe Hypothesis \u003ci\u003e(M P Szudzik)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Universe is Lawless or “Pantôn chrêmatôn metron anthrôpon einai” \u003ci\u003e(C S Calude, F W Meyerstein \u0026amp; A Salomaa)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs Feasibility in Physics Limited by Fantasy Alone? \u003ci\u003e(C S Calude \u0026amp; K Svozil)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Quantum, Computation \u0026amp; Information:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is Computation? (How) Does Nature Compute? \u003ci\u003e(D Deutsch)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Universe as Quantum Computer \u003ci\u003e(S Lloyd)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantum Speedup and Temporal Inequalities for Sequential Actions \u003ci\u003e(M Żukowski)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Contextual Computer \u003ci\u003e(A Cabello)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Gödel-Turing Perspective on Quantum States Indistinguishable from Inside \u003ci\u003e(T Breuer)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Humans Do Compute Quantum \u003ci\u003e(P Zizzi)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpen Discussion Section:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOpen Discussion on \u003ci\u003eA Computable Universe (A Bauer, T Bolognesi, A Cabello, C S Calude, L De Mol, F Doria, E Fredkin, C Hewitt, M Hutter, M Margenstern, K Svozil, M Szudzik, C Teuscher, S Wolfram \u0026amp; H Zenil)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLive Panel Discussion (transcription):\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhat is Computation? 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