Name: A New Kind of Science
Rating: 3.15 (2 reviews)
Author: Stephen Wolfram

Stephen

Profound and provocative, this book provides a new approach to many fundamental problems of science.  Wolfram uses his approach to tackle topics ranging from the origins of apparent randomness in physical systems to the development of complexity in biology and the character of intelligence in the universe. 

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Steve

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A New Kind of Science

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The Big Picture

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But What If We're Wrong?

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The Principia

Friedrich

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On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

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Darwin's Dangerous Idea

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Naval

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Chris

The Fabric of Reality

Carl

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Ricardo

The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Mathematics

Richard

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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

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Future Shock

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