Wolfram, Stephen. <br/><br/>
A new kind of science / 
Stephen Wolfram. 
 - Champaign, IL :  Wolfram Media,  c2002. 
 - xiv, 1197 p. :  ill. ; 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: Preface ix -- 1 The Foundations for a New Kind of Science I -- 2 The Crucial Experiment 23 -- 3 The World of Simple Programs 51 -- 4 Systems Based on Numbers 115 -- 5 Two Dimensions and Beyond 169 -- 6 Starting from Randomness 223 -- 7 Mechanisms in Programs and Nature 297 -- 8 Implications for Everyday Systems 363 -- 9 Fundamental Physics 433 -- 10 Processes of Perception and Analysis 547 -- 11 The Notion of Computation 637 -- 12 The Principle of Computational Equivalence 715 -- Notes 849 -- Index 1201. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1579550088 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cellular automata.<br/>Computational complexity.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>500  / WOL