A new kind of science / Stephen Wolfram.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolfram, Stephen, 1959-
Language:English
Published: Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, [2002], ©2002.
Subjects:
Cellular automata.
Computational complexity.
Physical Description:xiv, 1,197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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.