Full name: Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes

Author: Charles Seife Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780670034413 067003441X

The author of Zero explains the scientific revolution that is transforming the way we understand our world Previously the domain of philosophers and linguists, information theory has now moved beyond the province of code breakers to become the crucial science of our time. In Decoding the Universe, Charles Seife draws on his gift for making cutting-edge science accessible to explain how this new tool is deciphering everything from the purpose of our DNA to the parallel universes of our Byzantine cosmos. The result is an exhilarating adventure that deftly combines cryptology, physics, biology, and mathematics to cast light on the new understanding of the laws that govern life and the universe. Similar books: Alpha and Omega by Charles Seife Sun in a Bottle by Charles Seife Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking The Book of Nothing by John D. Barrow In Search of the Multiverse by John Gribbin The Goldilocks Enigma by Paul Davies Decoding Reality by Vlatko Vedral New Theories of Everything by John D. Barrow The Matchbox That Ate a Forty-Ton Truck by Marcus Chown Atom by Isaac Asimov The Cosmic Code by Heinz R. Pagels God's Equation by Amir D. Aczel The Last Three Minutes by Paul Davies Physics for Future Presidents by Richard A. Muller Einstein's Universe by Nigel Calder Just Six Numbers by Martin Rees Introducing Quantum Theory by J. P. McEvoy Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets