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With this theme in mind, Vedral embarks on an exuberant romp through physics, biology, philosophy, religion and even personal finance. Any system that has two distinct states can act as a bit - even an individual elementary particle: "electron over here" represents zero, "electron over there" represents one. At this smallest of scales, however, the universe is governed by the famously weird laws of quantum mechanics. Over the last two decades, a flourishing field of quantum information and computation has generated a wealth of experimental and theoretical tests of information processing at the quantum scale.
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Details here. If you're looking for a more extensive list of essential works, don't miss The Harvard Classics, a 51 volume series that you can now download online. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) Tyson concludes by saying: "If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world. " He has also added some more thoughts in the comments section below, saying: Thanks for this ongoing interest in my book suggestions. Related Content: A Brilliant List of Science Books for People Who Want Their Minds Blown.
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