A very #thoughtprovoking book, " #Programming the #Universe " #delves into the way the #lawsofnature and #physics can be #recapitulated in terms of #informationprocessing -- a #coolconcept first broached by the #German #engineer #Konrad #Zuse ( the guy who invented the #modern #computer more-or-less -- seriously ) back in the #1960s . I picked up this volume back at #MIT years ago when starting down the road to #bioinformatics but it's been a fruitful idea-stirrer on many fronts, from my #novel #echoesofthemysticchords to #fellowship #forays applying #informatic #logical #structures to quickly sniff out new #treatments for #disease . And it can help you leap #tallbuildings in a #singlebound . Almost. Anyway, well worth a read and #reread . #digitalphysics #physicalinformation #sethlloyd #physicalinformationtheory #Konradzuse #Leesmolin #Gregorychaitin