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Cambridge University Press, 5/17/2018EAN 9781107171190, ISBN10: 1107171199Hardcover, 324 pages, 23.5 x 15.7 x 1.8 cmLanguage: EnglishAlthough computation and the science of physica
l systems would appear to be unrelated, there are a number of ways in which computational and physical concepts can be brought together in ways that illuminate both. This volume examines fundamental questions which connect scholars from both disciplines: is the universe a computer? Can a universal computing machine simulate every physical process? What is the source of the computational power of quantum computers? Are computational approaches to solving physical problems and paradoxes always fruitful? Contributors from multiple perspectives reflecting the diversity of thought regarding these interconnections address many of the most important developments and debates within this exciting area of research. Both a reference to the state of the art and a valuable and accessible entry to interdisciplinary work, the volume will interest researchers and students working in physics, computer science, and philosophy of science and mathematics.List of figuresList of tablesPrefaceIntroduction Michael E. Cuffaro and Samuel C. FletcherPart I. The Computability of Physical Systems and Physical Systems as Computers1. Ontic pancomputationalism Gualtiero Piccinini and Neal G. Anderson2. Zuse's thesis, Gandy's thesis, and Penrose's thesis B. Jack Copeland, Oron Shagrir and Mark Sprevak3. Church's thesis, Turing's limits, and Deutsch's principle Rossella LupacchiniPart II. The Implementation of Computation in Physical Systems4. How to make orthogonal positions parallelrevisiting the quantum parallelism thesis Armond Duwell5. How is there a physics of information? On characterizing physical evolution as information processing Owen J. E. Maroney and Christopher G. Timpson6. Abstraction/representation theory and the natural science of computation Dominic Horsman, Viv Kendon and Susan StepneyPart III. Physical Perspectives on Computer Science7. Physics-like models of computation Klaus Sutner8. Feasible computationmethodological contributions from computational science Robert H. C. Moir9. Relativistic computation Hajnal Andréka, Judit X. Madarász, István Németi, Péter Németi and Gergely SzékelyPart IV. Computational Perspectives on Physical Theory10. Intension in the physics of computationlessons from the debate about Landauer's principle James Ladyman11. Maxwell's demon does not compute John D. Norton12. Quantum theory as a principle theoryinsights from an information-theoretic reconstruction Adam Koberinski and Markus P. MüllerBibliographyIndex.
