The Computational Beauty of Nature - Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation (Paperback, New Ed)

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

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	A Bradford Book
Release date:	2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Gary William Flake
Dimensions:	229 x 204 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	493
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-56127-3
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Information theory > Cybernetics & systems theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Fractals Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Chaos theory
LSN:	0-262-56127-1
Barcode:	9780262561273

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