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008			010815s2002 ilua 001 0 eng
020			_a9781579550080
020			_a1579550088 (alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
042			_apcc
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084			_a500 _bWOL-N
100	1		_aWolfram, Stephen.
245	1	2	_aA new kind of science _h[Book] / _cStephen Wolfram.
260			_aChampaign, IL : _bWolfram Media, _cc2002.
300			_axiv, 1197 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	8		_aMachine 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.
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aCellular automata.
650		0	_aComputational complexity.
852			_p40477 _90.00 _dBooks
999			_c7727 _d7727