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Nature 441, 409 (25 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441409b; Published online 24 May 2006

Life, the Universe and entropy

Robert J. McEliece1

BOOK REVIEWEDDecoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, From our Brains to Black Holes

by Charles Seife

Viking: 2006. 288 pp. $24.95