TY - BOOK AU - Vedral,Vlatko TI - Decoding reality: the universe as quantum information SN - 9780199237692 (hc.) : AV - QC6 .V42 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford [England], New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Information theory KW - Quantum theory KW - Quantum computers KW - Space and time KW - Physics KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index; Creation ex nihilo : something from nothing -- Information for all seasons -- Back to basics : bits and pieces -- Digital romance : life is a four-letter word -- Murphy's Law : I knew this would happen to me -- Place your bets A: in it to win it -- Social informatics : get connected or die tryin' -- Quantum schmuntum : lights, camera, action! ; Surfing the waves : hyper-fast computers ; Children of the aimless chance : randomness versus determinism -- Sand reckoning : whose information is it, anyway? -- Destruction ab toto : nothing from something ER -