Quantum Gravity and Computation : Information, Pregeometry, and Digital Physics (Hardcover)

Part 1: Scene Setting??1. Open Questions at the Quantum Frontier??Part 2: Locality, Non-locality, Observers, and Agents??2. Spacetime Events from the Inside Out? 3. On the Role of Locality in the Bose-Marletto-Vedral Effect? 4. Towards a Generalized Theory of Observers??Part 3: Computational Languages for Physics??5. Topological QBits in Flux-Quantized Super-Gravity? 6. Linear Homotopy Type Theory: A Computational Language for Quantum Physics? 7. Pregeometry, Formal Language and Constructivist Foundations of Physics? 8. Quantum Information Elements in Quantum Gravity States and Processes??Part 4: Conceptual Issues for Computational Foundations??9. Do Simples Exist? The Light Shed by Computation on an Ancient Question? 10. On the Nature of Time? 11. The Prototime Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics? 12. Ruliology: Linking Computation, Observers and Physical Law??Part 5: Lattice and Hybrid Theories??13. Nonperturbative Quantum Gravity, Unlocked Through Computation? 14. Structure and Statistical Properties of the Semiclassical Einstein Equations