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David Deutsch
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David Deutsch is a pioneering theoretical physicist best known as the founding father of quantum computation and as a key figure and advocate for the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Deutsch is a Visiting Professor of physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation and the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University. He is also the inventor of constructor theory, a new approach to formulating fundamental laws in physics.
Deutsch’s books, The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity, explore the deep connections between physics, epistemology, and progress, arguing that knowledge creation is limitless. Deutsch’s work continues to influence fields from theoretical physics to artificial intelligence and philosophy of science.
David Deutsch is a pioneering theoretical physicist best known as the founding father of quantum computation and as a key figure and advocate for the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Deutsch is a Visiting Professor of physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation and the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University. He is also the inventor of constructor theory, a new approach to formulating fundamental laws in physics.
Deutsch’s books, The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity, explore the deep connections between physics, epistemology, and progress, arguing that knowledge creation is limitless. Deutsch’s work continues to influence fields from theoretical physics to artificial intelligence and philosophy of science.
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Time, Space and Being
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The Laws of the Universe
Back from the End of Time
Cosmic Dreams
Why the world exists
Big Bang creation myths
The End of All Things
Is Reality an Illusion?
The Dark Universe
Why Does Time Fly?
Quantum Whispers
Decoding the Universe
The Poetry of the Universe
Playing Dice With The Universe
When Time Stands Still
How to Find a Multiverse
Time's arrow
Bang goes the Big Bang
The Next Universe
After the Higgs Boson
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Into the Unknown
Unnatural laws
The Stuff of the Universe
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The Theory of Everything
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Pythagoras' Dream
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Something and nothing
Life, the Universe and Everything
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A Goldilocks World
The Mathematics of Thought
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Wonders of the Big Bang
Uncovering Reality
Masters of the World
Stephen Hawking and the Progress of Physics
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Quantum Effects in Gravity
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Nietzsche and The Philosophy of Umbrellas
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Why Philosophy Matters
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Issue 62: Try again, fail again, fail better
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