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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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Active from
1857-06-02
Active to
1934-02-23

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5 total works indexed

  1. Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines

    · 1953 · cited 29,722x

  2. Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.

    · 2000 · cited 27,698x

  3. Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers

    · 1938 · cited 24,321x

  4. The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

    · 2000 · cited 23,774x

  5. THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

    · 1963 · cited 18,946x

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Quotes

  • “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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1934-10-02
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Edward Fredkin
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2023-06-13
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Edward Fredkin
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1934 births2023 deaths20th-century American philosophers21st-century American philosophersAmerican computer scientistsAmerican people of Russian-Jewish descentAmerican philosophers of technologyAmerican quantum information scientistsBoston University facultyCalifornia Institute of Technology alumniCarnegie Mellon University facultyCellular automatistsMassachusetts Institute of Technology facultyOntologistsScientists from Los Angeles