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The fabric of reality discusses four major topics and the surprising connections between them. With new preface exclusive to the audiobook, read by the author. He pioneered the field of quantum computation by formulating a description for a quantum turing machine, as. In the fabric of reality, deutsch traces what he considers the four main strands of scientific explanation. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Deutschs pioneering and accessible book integrates recent advances in theoretical physics and computer science to explain and connect. The book expands upon his views of quantum mechanics and its implications for understanding reality.
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