Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories
Stephen Wolfram
AUGUST 22, 2023
Ed had started with computers in 1956—as part of one of the very first cohorts of programmers. But his almost lifelong desire to “program physics” did successfully lead him to the concept of reversible logic, and to what’s now called the “ Fredkin gate ”. A long and colorful story. An elaborate description of a wild idea.
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