A new kind of science / by Stephen Wolfram.

By: Wolfram, StephenMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, c2002Description: xiv, 1197 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 1579550088 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Cellular automata | Computational complexityDDC classification: 500
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Preface ix -- 1 The Foundations for a New Kind of Science I -- 2 The Crucial Experiment 23 -- 3 The World of Simple Programs 51 -- 4 Systems Based on Numbers 115 -- 5 Two Dimensions and Beyond 169 -- 6 Starting from Randomness 223 -- 7 Mechanisms in Programs and Nature 297 -- 8 Implications for Everyday Systems 363 -- 9 Fundamental Physics 433 -- 10 Processes of Perception and Analysis 547 -- 11 The Notion of Computation 637 -- 12 The Principle of Computational Equivalence 715 -- Notes 849 -- Index 1201.
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Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: Preface ix -- 1 The Foundations for a New Kind of Science I -- 2 The Crucial Experiment 23 -- 3 The World of Simple Programs 51 -- 4 Systems Based on Numbers 115 -- 5 Two Dimensions and Beyond 169 -- 6 Starting from Randomness 223 -- 7 Mechanisms in Programs and Nature 297 -- 8 Implications for Everyday Systems 363 -- 9 Fundamental Physics 433 -- 10 Processes of Perception and Analysis 547 -- 11 The Notion of Computation 637 -- 12 The Principle of Computational Equivalence 715 -- Notes 849 -- Index 1201.

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