Decoding the Universe : How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, Fromour Brains to Black Holes

Whether it's packed into a barcode or sucked into a black hole in the far reaches of space, information is everywhere-a key, if properly deciphered, to unlocking the remaining secrets of the universe. In this powerful and absorbing work, award-winning science journalist Charles Seife takes us to the cutting edge of information theory-a science that is showing us the meaning of our genes, the nature of parallel universes, and even the surprising fate of our cosmos. Full of answers that are often more shocking than the paradoxes they solve, Decoding the Universe is as profound as it is engrossing. Book jacket.

Charles Seife is the author of Alpha and Omega and Zero, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for first nonfiction book and was named a New York Times Notable Book. He is an associate professor of journalism at New York University and has written for Scientific American, the Economist, and many other publications.