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Fascinating journey explores key concepts in information theory in terms of Conway's "Game of Life" program. Topics include the limits of knowledge, paradox of complexity, Maxwell's demon, Big Bang theory, much more. 1985 edition.
Fascinating journey explores key concepts in information theory in terms of Conway's "Game of Life" program. Topics include the limits of knowledge, paradox of complexity, Maxwell's demon, Big Bang theory, much more. 1985 edition.
Über den Autor
Bestselling author William Poundstone studied physics at MIT as a National Merit Scholar. He has written eleven books and numerous articles for The New York Times, Village Voice, Esquire, Harper's, Harvard Business Review, and other publications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements
1. Complexity and Simplicity
2. The Life Universe
3. Maxwell's Demon
4. Gliders and Spaceships
5. Information and Structure
6. Unlimited Growth
7. Physics as a recursion
8. Recursive Games
9. Big Bang and Heat Death
10. Random Fields
11. Von Neumann and Self-Reproducinmg Machines
12. Self-Reproducing Life Patterns
13. The Recursive Universe
Afterword to the Dover Edition
Bibliography
Index
1. Complexity and Simplicity
2. The Life Universe
3. Maxwell's Demon
4. Gliders and Spaceships
5. Information and Structure
6. Unlimited Growth
7. Physics as a recursion
8. Recursive Games
9. Big Bang and Heat Death
10. Random Fields
11. Von Neumann and Self-Reproducinmg Machines
12. Self-Reproducing Life Patterns
13. The Recursive Universe
Afterword to the Dover Edition
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
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Genre: | Technik allg. |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 248 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780486490984 |
ISBN-10: | 048649098X |
UPC: | 800759490981 |
EAN: | 0800759490981 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Poundstone, William |
Hersteller: | Dover Publications |
Maße: | 233 x 154 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | William Poundstone |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.06.2013 |
Gewicht: | 0,339 kg |
Über den Autor
Bestselling author William Poundstone studied physics at MIT as a National Merit Scholar. He has written eleven books and numerous articles for The New York Times, Village Voice, Esquire, Harper's, Harvard Business Review, and other publications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements
1. Complexity and Simplicity
2. The Life Universe
3. Maxwell's Demon
4. Gliders and Spaceships
5. Information and Structure
6. Unlimited Growth
7. Physics as a recursion
8. Recursive Games
9. Big Bang and Heat Death
10. Random Fields
11. Von Neumann and Self-Reproducinmg Machines
12. Self-Reproducing Life Patterns
13. The Recursive Universe
Afterword to the Dover Edition
Bibliography
Index
1. Complexity and Simplicity
2. The Life Universe
3. Maxwell's Demon
4. Gliders and Spaceships
5. Information and Structure
6. Unlimited Growth
7. Physics as a recursion
8. Recursive Games
9. Big Bang and Heat Death
10. Random Fields
11. Von Neumann and Self-Reproducinmg Machines
12. Self-Reproducing Life Patterns
13. The Recursive Universe
Afterword to the Dover Edition
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
---|---|
Genre: | Technik allg. |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 248 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780486490984 |
ISBN-10: | 048649098X |
UPC: | 800759490981 |
EAN: | 0800759490981 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Poundstone, William |
Hersteller: | Dover Publications |
Maße: | 233 x 154 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | William Poundstone |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 19.06.2013 |
Gewicht: | 0,339 kg |
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