Название: A New Kind of Science
Автор: Stephen Wolfram
Издательство: Wolfram Media
ISBN: 1579550088
Год: 2002
Страниц: 1192
Формат: PDF
Язык: Английский
Размер: 92.7 Мб

This long-awaited work from one of the world's most respected scientists 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.