The fabric of reality : the science of parallel universes and its implications /

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Author / Creator:Deutsch, David, 1953-
Edition:1st American ed.
Imprint:New York : Allen Lane, 1997.
Description:x, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2732342
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ISBN:0713990619 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-[369]) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Theory of Everything
  • 2. Shadows
  • 3. Problem-solving
  • 4. Criteria for Reality
  • 5. Virtual Reality
  • 6. Universality and the Limits of Computation
  • 7. A Conversation About Justification
  • 8. The Significance of Life
  • 9. Quantum Computers
  • 10. The Nature of Mathematics
  • 11. Time: The First Quantum Concept
  • 12. Time Travel
  • 13. The Four Strands
  • 14. The Ends of the Universe.