The computational beauty of nature
computer explorations of fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation
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Author
Publication
1998 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
123,250 words, Guess
Page Count
493 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecomputationalbea00flak
- Internet Archivecomputationalbea00flak_0
- ISBN-100262062003
- ISBN-139780262062008
- Goodreads3952944
Classifications
- DDC003/.3
- LCCQA76.6 .F557 1998
- LCCQA76.6.F557 1998
and 1 more
- LCCQA76.6 .F557 1998eb
Description
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Let's take this idea further by examining a single ant.
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