![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Title.Įxcept in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to theĬondition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired Includes bibliographical references and index.ġ. THE AMERICAN HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:ĭeutsch, David. Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, Englandįirst published in Great Britain by Allen Lane The Penguin Press,įirst published in the United States of America by Allen Lane The Penguin Press,Īn imprint of Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc., 1997 Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd, Cnr Rosedale and Airborne Roads, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand Penguin Books India (P) Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. In a field where scientific inquiry challenges not only our imagination but basic assumptions about our physical world, this volume provides the essential information needed for future debates." a thorough knowledge of his subject matter. An intellectually stimulating read for the science-literate and motivated layperson. "Deutsch provides a model of reality that is as provocative as it is complex. Paul Davies, author of About Time: Einstein's I haven't been so inspired since I read Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach." In this major work he confronts the deepest questions of existence head on, challenging traditional notions of reality with a new worldview that interweaves physics, biology, computing, and philosophy. "David Deutsch is one of Britain's most original thinkers. the confidence with which Deutsch presents his views, and the absence of condescension in his style, accesses nonscientists to his seemingly alien world(s)." Explaining that, and persuading the reader of its scientific truth, makes this work unique. Correction: it is multiversal, existing in innumerable universes that Deutsch argues exist alongside the ‘real’ universe that people perceive. "In the library of physics for laypeople, Deutsch's book is unique. has become the most eloquent spokesman of the Many Universes interpretation of quantum behavior, and makes this theme coherent with some well-thought-out views of epistemology, of biological evolution, and of the theory of computation." "David Deutsch is a deeply knowledgeable professional physicist who has no truck with mystical false analogies. ![]() Quantum mechanics, Deutsch insists, must be taken not just as a predictive tool, but as an explanation for how the world really works." "Full of refreshingly oblique, provocative insights. His papers on quantum computation laid the foundations for that field, and he is an authority on the theory of parallel universes. He is a member of the Quantum Computation and Cryptography Research Group at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University. Born in Haifa, Israel, David Deutsch was educated at Cambridge University and Oxford University. ![]()
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