Published May 25, 2006 | Version public
Journal Article

Decoding the universe: How the new science of information is explaining everything in the cosmos, from our brains to black holes [Book Review]

Abstract

Near the end of his new book Decoding the Universe, Charles Seife argues with a straight face that there exists a universe parallel to ours that is populated by a race of superintelligent octopuses. The funny thing is, I believed him.

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© 2006 Nature Publishing Group. Book review of: Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, From our Brains to Black Holes by Charles Seife Viking: 2006. 288 pp.

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Life, the Universe and entropy

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55919
DOI
10.1038/441409b
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CaltechAUTHORS:20150319-085248418

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