TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolfram,Stephen
TI  - A new kind of science
SN  - 1579550088
AV  - QA267.5.C45 W67 2002
U1  - 500 21
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Champaign, IL
PB  - Wolfram Media
KW  - Cellular automata
KW  - Computational complexity
KW  - Biological models
KW  - Computational biology
KW  - Computer simulation
KW  - Science
KW  - Models, Theoretical
N1  - 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; Also available on the Internet. Downloadable programs and images available after free registration
N2  - 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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