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April 16, 2007
A New Kind of Science
A bunch of us have been working on understanding the physics of the Bussard Fusion Reactor. The subject of getting a copy of Mathematica has come up several times. What is detering us is the cost. Since I have several students in school and know several teachers from grade school to college level I may have a way around that. In any case when I saw this lecture by Mathematica inventor Stephen Wolfram I couldn't resist. He explains why the universe we see is so complicated. The essense of it is: simple rules can lead to complicated results. It is inherent in the universe. The video is about an hour and a half. Here is the book the lecture is based on: A New Kind of Science Explore Wolfram Science. Cross Posted at The Astute Bloggers posted by Simon on 04.16.07 at 04:21 AM
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There are quite a few critiques of Wolfram's book. Start with John Derbyshire (a competent mathematician and NRO contributor): ZZMike · April 16, 2007 09:15 PM ZZMike, The value of the work isz bringing such ideas to a wider audience. M. Simon · April 16, 2007 10:21 PM Post a comment
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