It From Bit or Bit From It? On Physics and Information /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aguirre, Anthony (Editor), Foster, Brendan (Editor), Merali, Zeeya (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Data structures (Computer science).; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Quantum Computing.

The essays in this book look at the question of whether physics can be based on information, or – as John Wheeler phrased it – whether we can get “It from Bit”.  They are based on the prize-winning essays submitted to the FQXi essay competition of the same name, which drew over 180 entries. The eigh...