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Edward Fredkin

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American physicist and computer scientist, a pioneer of digital physics (1934–2023)

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Person
Country
GB
Active from
1857-06-02
Active to
1934-02-23

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  • Cellular automata are now being used to model varied physical phenomena normally modelled by wave equations, fluid dynamics, Ising models, etc. We hypothesize that there will be found a single cellular automaton rule that models all of microscopic physics; and models it exactly. We call this field DM, for digital mechanics.

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human
Given name
Edward
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Los Angeles
Place of death
Brookline
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Ed Fredkin working on PDP-1.jpg
Residence
Brookline
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date of birth
1934-10-02
Commons category
Edward Fredkin
date of death
2023-06-13
name in native language
Edward Fredkin
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