A new kind of science
Wolfram, Stephen.
A new kind of science [Book] / Stephen Wolfram. - Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, c2002. - xiv, 1197 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
All.
9781579550080 1579550088 (alk. paper)
Cellular automata.
Computational complexity.
500
A new kind of science [Book] / Stephen Wolfram. - Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, c2002. - xiv, 1197 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
All.
9781579550080 1579550088 (alk. paper)
Cellular automata.
Computational complexity.
500