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A new kind of science

Author: Stephen Wolfram
Publisher: Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Wolfram, Stephen.
New kind of science.
Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, c2002
(OCoLC)626021825
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen Wolfram
ISBN: 1579550088 9781579550080 071399116X 9780713991161
OCLC Number: 47831356
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xiv, 1197 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The foundations for a new kind of science --
The crucial experiment --
The world of simple programs --
Systems based on numbers --
Two dimensions and beyond --
Starting from randomness --
Mechanisms in programs and nature --
Implications for everyday systems --
Fundamental physics --
Processes of perception and analysis --
The notion of computation --
The principle of computational equivalence.
Responsibility: Stephen Wolfram.
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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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