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A new kind of science / Stephen Wolfram.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xiv, 1197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1579550088
  • 9781579550080
  • 071399116X
  • 9780713991161
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 500 21
LOC classification:
  • QA267.5.C45 W67 2002
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available on the Internet. Downloadable programs and images available after free registration.
Contents:
The Key Ideas of A New Kind of Science -- 1. The Foundations for a New Kind of Science -- 2. The Crucial Experiment -- 3. The World of Simple Programs -- 4. Systems Based on Numbers -- 5. Two Dimensions and Beyond -- 6. Starting from Randomness -- 7. Mechanisms in Programs and Nature -- 8. Implications for Everyday Systems -- 9. Fundamental Physics -- 10. Processes of Perception and Analysis -- 11. The Notion of Computation -- 12. The Principle of Computational Equivalence.
Summary: This work presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments---illustrated in the book by striking computer graphics---Wolfram shows how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the operation of our universe. Wolfram uses his approach to tackle a remarkable array of fundamental problems in science: from the origin of the Second Law of thermodynamics, to the development of complexity in biology, the computational limitations of mathematics, the possibility of a truly fundamental theory of physics, and the interplay between free will and determinism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 849-1197) and index.

The Key Ideas of A New Kind of Science -- 1. The Foundations for a New Kind of Science -- 2. The Crucial Experiment -- 3. The World of Simple Programs -- 4. Systems Based on Numbers -- 5. Two Dimensions and Beyond -- 6. Starting from Randomness -- 7. Mechanisms in Programs and Nature -- 8. Implications for Everyday Systems -- 9. Fundamental Physics -- 10. Processes of Perception and Analysis -- 11. The Notion of Computation -- 12. The Principle of Computational Equivalence.

This work presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments---illustrated in the book by striking computer graphics---Wolfram shows how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the operation of our universe. Wolfram uses his approach to tackle a remarkable array of fundamental problems in science: from the origin of the Second Law of thermodynamics, to the development of complexity in biology, the computational limitations of mathematics, the possibility of a truly fundamental theory of physics, and the interplay between free will and determinism.

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