Awards

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

Overview

"Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors.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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Author:   Gary William Flake
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780262561273

ISBN 10:   0262561271
Pages:   520
Publication Date:   27 January 2000
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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This book is a delight. Barak Pearlmutter , University of New Mexico This delightful book illustrates beautifully the paradigm shift inphysics from writing equations and solving them to computer modelingand experimentation. Greg Chaitin , author of The Limits of Mathematics

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

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