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This is an extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution. Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which reveal the fabric of reality in which human actions and ideas play essential roles.
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DAVID DEUTSCH's research in quantum physics has been influential and highly acclaimed. He is a member of the Quantum Computation and Cryptography Research Group at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University, and now lives and works in Oxford.
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I remember being told, when I was a small child, that in ancient times it was still possible for a very learned person to know everything that was known. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
I remember being told, when I was a small child, that in ancient times it was still possible for a very learned person to know everything that was known. Read the first page
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Buy it., Nov 10 2005
By Mr. M. J. C. Sparks - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fabric Of Reality (Paperback)
This is a truly astonishing book which my simple review on Amazon cannot do justice to. Quantum physics, virtual reality, mathematics, evolution and more are melded together in Deutsch's distinct and original philosophy. Occasionally the book can be tough going, and some chapters need to be re-read, but are all the more enjoyable in the re-reading. One of the reviews on the back-cover: "This book may well change your life". It certainly changed mine. Buy this book. Go on, click the 'Add to cart' link...
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Brillante, Oct 17 2011
By Senen Botello - Published on Amazon.com
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Aunque la mayoria de las revisiones tratan al libro como un libro de física - que también lo es -, realmente es un libro acerca del conocimiento. Utiliza la física, la vida y la computación para mostrarnos el tema: la importancia cosmológica del conocimiento.También expone su tesis de que el conocimiento del universo, tiene que ser una teoría unificada al basarse en los principios fundamentales de la realidad que son muy pocos.
Este es un libro que ilumina. Pero para mi, como desarrollador de software, que estoy todo el tiempo generado teorías, renderizándolas a través de los programas y confrontándolas con la realidad, es, además una guía práctica de como hacerlo.
Lo recomiendo a todos.
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pretty much unreadable, Sep 11 2011
By Neil Adams - Published on Amazon.com
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The ideas are great but the writing style is convoluted, making large swathes unreadable. David Deutsch would have benefited from a determined editor who might have limited his stream of consciousness style of writing and put a better structure to the book. I came away bored and irritated, rather than inspired, as I had hoped.
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