It takes the average reader 14 hours and 32 minutes to read A Computable Universe by Hector Zenil
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This volume, with a foreword by Sir Roger Penrose, discusses the foundations of computation in relation to nature.It focuses on two main questions: What is computation? How does nature compute?The 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.The 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 OC Calculating SpaceOCO (the MIT translation), and a panel discussion transcription on the topic, featuring worldwide experts in quantum mechanics, physics, cognition, computation and algorithmic complexity.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Alan M Turing OCo the inventor of universal computation, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, and is part of the Turing Centenary celebrations.
A Computable Universe by Hector Zenil is 855 pages long, and a total of 218,025 words.
This makes it 289% the length of the average book. It also has 266% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 51 minutes to read A Computable Universe aloud.
A Computable Universe is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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