- Hardcover: 420 pages
- Publisher: MIT Press (28 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0262062003
- ISBN-13: 978-0262062008
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 20.8 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,923,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This book is a delight."--Barak Pearlmutter, University of New Mexico
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"This book is a delight." Barak Pearlmutter , University of New Mexico "This delightful book illustrates beautifully the paradigm shift inphysics from writing equations and solving them to computer modelingand experimentation." Greg Chaitin , author of The Limits of Mathematics
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent book - covering all the topics a book with such a title should do! From complexity and chaos to artificial intelligence and artificial life, Flake balances readability with information and theory perfectly.
His introduction to neural networks is easily one of the best I've read, and coverage of the iterated prisoner's dilemma is also as comprehensive as they come.
If you're reading this review, you're obviously interested...buy now :)
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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The book is an interesting and well written book, and is good value, but it is very dense, and cannot be read very easily. A high standard of mathematics /knowledge of computer science is assumed. Overall - a good buy but only for those confident in such a subject - definitely not a coffee table book
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This is a astonishing book that introduces the reader to the wonder that lies within the world that surrounds us. It helps us view the whole gamut of physical and biological processes through the perspective of computation. Though eminently readable, the book presents all the information, equations, and code that one needs to actually think articulately about the concepts exposed and even "get stuck in". It's really one of a kind.
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