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A new kind of science

Stephen Wolfram

Localização: CDCC - Cent. Div. Científica e Cultural (500 W861n ) e outros locais(Acessar)

Título:
A new kind of science
Autor: Stephen Wolfram
Assuntos: Cellular automata; Computational complexity; AUTÔMATOS CELULARES; COMPUTABILIDADE E COMPLEXIDADE; SISTEMAS DINÂMICOS; TEORIA DA COMPUTAÇÃO
Notas: Includes index
Descrição: 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.
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.
Editor: Champaign, IL Wolfram Media
Data de criação/publicação: C2002
Formato: xiv, 1197 p ill. 25 cm..
Idioma: Inglês

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