Seth Lloyd (Author of Programming the Universe)

Seth Lloyd鈥檚 Followers (59)

Seth Lloyd

Born

August 02, 1960

Website

Genre

Science

edit data

Seth Lloyd is a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He refers to himself as a "quantum mechanic".
His research area is the interplay of information with complex systems, especially quantum systems. He has performed seminal work in the fields of quantum computation and quantum communication, including proposing the first technologically feasible design for a quantum computer, demonstrating the viability of quantum analog computation, proving quantum analogs of Shannon's noisy channel theorem, and designing novel methods for quantum error correction and noise reduction.

read more: ...more

Combine Editions
Seth Lloyd鈥檚 books

Average rating: 4.01 · 2,083 ratings · 113 reviews · 6 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos 4.01 avg rating — 2,073 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complexity, Entropy, and the Physics of Information: Volume I by Wojciech H. Zurek, Stuart A. Kauffman, Seth Lloyd 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quantum Computers 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fisica Estrema by Lee Smolin, Seth Lloyd, Gordon L. Kane 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Information Edge: Creation and Destruction in Life, the Economy, and the Universe 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos by Lloyd, Seth (March 14, 2006) Hardcover 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Seth Lloyd…

Quotes by Seth Lloyd (?)

“Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and the second law of thermodynamics.”
― Seth Lloyd

13 likes

“Programmed by quanta, physics gave rise first to chemistry and then to life; programmed by mutations and recombination, life gave rise to Shakespeare; programmed by experience and imagination, Shakespeare gave rise to Hamlet.”
― Seth Lloyd, Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos

tags: physics

9 likes

“Meaning is like pornography, you know it when you see it.”
― Seth Lloyd, Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos

8 likes

See all Seth Lloyd's quotes »

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Seth to 欧宝娱乐.

欧宝娱乐

Seth Lloyd鈥檚 Followers (59)

Seth Lloyd

Combine EditionsSeth Lloyd鈥檚 books

Combine Editions
Seth Lloyd鈥檚 books