A New Kind of Science
Author | : Stephen Wolfram |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1197 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 071399116X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780713991161 |
Rating | : 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.