Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Wolfram, Stephen, 1959-

Title A new kind of science / Stephen Wolfram.

Imprint Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, ©2002.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  500 WOLFRAM    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  500 WOL    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  500 WOLFRAM    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  500 W861N    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  500 WOLFRAM    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 1197 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
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.
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 849-1197) and index.
Form Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. Downloadable programs and images available after free registration.
Subject Cellular automata.
Computational complexity.
Physics.
Biology.
Mathematics.
Application.
Automate cellulaire.
Cellulaire automaten.
Ciência.
Complexité algorithmique.
Découverte scientifique.
Kunstmatige intelligentie.
Ordinateur.
Réalité virtuelle.
Découvertes scientifiques.
Ordinateurs.
Algorithmes.
Sciences.
Informatique.
Modèles.
Cellular automata. (OCoLC)fst00850276
Computational complexity. (OCoLC)fst00871991
Kunstmatige intelligentie.
Cellulaire automaten.
Komplexitätstheorie. (DE-588)4120591-1
Naturwissenschaften. (DE-588)4041421-8
Zellularer Automat. (DE-588)4190671-8
Ciência.
Automate cellulaire.
Complexité algorithmique.
Découverte scientifique.
Application.
Ordinateur.
Anwendung.
Zellularer Automat.
Other Form: Online version: Wolfram, Stephen. New kind of science. Champaign, IL : Wolfram Media, ©2002 (OCoLC)626021825
ISBN 1579550088 (alk. paper)
9781579550080 (alk. paper)
071399116X
9780713991161
Standard No. 9781579550080
-->
Add a Review