Screen LibraryTwenty years of A new kind of science /
"When Stephen Wolfram's groundbreaking A New Kind of Science was published in 2002, its exploration and analysis of the computational universe of simple programs launched a scientific revolution. Twenty years later, the ideas and results of the book have found countless applications across...
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Wolfram Media, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | [Champaign, Illinois] : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"When Stephen Wolfram's groundbreaking A New Kind of Science was published in 2002, its exploration and analysis of the computational universe of simple programs launched a scientific revolution. Twenty years later, the ideas and results of the book have found countless applications across science, technology and elsewhere-including the recent Wolfram Physics Project and its breakthrough in fundamental physics-and the book has indeed spawned what can only be described as a new kind of science. Here Wolfram reflects on the first two decades of A New Kind of Science, discussing some of the major implications that have emerged so far, as well as his far-reaching new thinking building on the conceptual framework developed in A New Kind of Science. Written in Wolfram's popular and accessible style, the book provides a window into one of the most vibrant intellectual developments of our time. Recognizing A New Kind of Science's significance not only in science but also in the arts, the book includes a gallery of pieces created over the past 20 years by artists inspired by the book"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
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9781579550493 1579550495 |
| Index Number: | QA267 |
| CLC: | TP23 |
| Call Number: | TP23/W861 |
| Contents: | A new kind of science : a 20-year view -- A new kind of science : a 15-year view -- It's been 10 years : what's happened with A new kind of science? -- Living a paradigm shift : looking back on reactions to A new kind of science -- Looking to the future of A new kind of science -- The making of A new kind of science -- Charting a course for "complexity" : metamodeling, ruliology and more -- Ruliology & why it's important -- Today we put a prize on a small Turing machine -- The prize is won : the simplest universal Turing machine is proved -- Announcing the rule 30 prizes. |