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9780262062008: The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems and Adaptation (Bradford Books)

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Honorable Mention, 1998, category of Computer Science, Professional/Scholarly Publishing Annual Awards Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc.


"Simulation," writes Gary Flake in his preface, "becomes a form of experimentation in a universe of theories. The primary purpose of this book is to celebrate this fact."

In this book, Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and species) from their interactions (e.g., chemical reactions, immune system responses, sexual reproduction, and evolution), Flake argues that it is the computational properties of interactions that account for much of what we think of as "beautiful" and "interesting." From this basic thesis, Flake explores what he considers to be today's four most interesting computational topics: fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation.

Each of the book's parts can be read independently, enabling even the casual reader to understand and work with the basic equations and programs. Yet the parts are bound together by the theme of the computer as a laboratory and a metaphor for understanding the universe. The inspired reader will experiment further with the ideas presented to create fractal landscapes, chaotic systems, artificial life forms, genetic algorithms, and artificial neural networks.

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"This book is a delight."-- Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico -- Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico -- Greg Chaitin, author of "The Limits of Mathematics" " This book is a delight." -- Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico " This delightful book illustrates beautifully the paradigm shift in physics from writing equations and solving them to computer modeling and experimentation." -- Greg Chaitin, author of "The Limits of Mathematics" & quot; This book is a delight.& quot; -- Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico & quot; This delightful book illustrates beautifully the paradigm shift in physics from writing equations and solving them to computer modeling and experimentation.& quot; -- Greg Chaitin, author of The Limits of Mathematics "This book is a delight." -- Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico "This book is a delight." --Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico "This book is a delight." "This delightful book illustrates beautifully the paradigm shift in physics from writing equations and solving them to computer modeling and experimentation."--Greg Chaitin, author of "The Limits of Mathematics" "This book is a delight."--Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico

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In this book, Gary Williams Flake develops in depth the simple ideas that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviours. Distinguishing "agents" (such as molecules, cells, animals, and species) from their interactions (like chemical reactions, immune system responses, sexual reproduction and evolution), Flake argues that it is the computational properties of interactions that account for much of what we think of as "beautiful" and "interesting". From this basic thesis, Flake explores what he considers to be today's four most interesting computational topics: fractals, chaos, complex systems and adaptation. Each of the book's parts can be read independently, enabling even the casual reader to understand and work with the basic equations and programs. Yet the parts are bound together by the theme of the computer as a laboratory and a metaphor for understanding the universe. The inspired reader will experiment further with the ideas presented to create fractal landscapes, chaotic systems, artificial life forms, genetic algorithms, and artificial neural networks.

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