a book

A New Kind of Science

Name: A New Kind of Science
Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Author: Stephen Wolfram
ISBN: 9781579550080

Stephen Wolfram · 2002 · 1197 pages

Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments illustrated by striking computer graphics Stephen Wolfram shows in this landmark book 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 origins of apparent randomness in physical systems, to the development of complexity in biology, the ultimate scope and limitations of mathematics, the possibility of a truly fundamental theory of physics, the interplay between free will and determinism, and the character of intelligence in the universe.

Buy on Amazon

Buy on Bookshop

recommended by 6 people

sourced from public statements

Andrej Karpathy
“this book is a mixed bag. You really have to selectively skim chapters that look interesting because you will never make it fully through. I thought some of the chapters had some very interesting results, however, and the notion of a computational universe is very intriguing and interesting.”
Nassim Taleb
“Witness here how salaried physicists are dismissing @stephen_wolfram Wolfram's automata BEFORE even hearing him Just as Freeman Dyson publicly dismissed *A New Kind of Science* c. 2002; it turned out that he did not read the book. & pple who refused to read it referred to Dyson! https://t.co/8PfnQVG1k7”↗
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“This book is not a book, but a monument. I have been reading rules from it for 10 years.”↗
Lex Fridman
“Here's my conversation with @stephen_wolfram, computer scientist and physicist, who has inspired a generation of researchers with the beauty & power of computation and whose book A New Kind of Science first led me to fall in love with cellular automata:”↗
Steve Jurvetson
“A series of epiphanies from the author and others that the world is really interesting when you look at iterative algorithms applied millions and billions of times.”↗
Dan Sullivan