Whether it's packed into a barcode or sucked into a black hole in the far reaches of space, information is everywhere-a key, if properly deciphered, to unlocking the remaining secrets of the universe. In this powerful and absorbing work, award-winning science journalist Charles Seife takes us to the cutting edge of information theory-a science that is showing us the meaning of our genes, the nature of parallel universes, and even the surprising fate of our cosmos. Full of answers that are often more shocking than the paradoxes they solve, Decoding the Universe is as profound as it is engrossing. Book jacket.