The Armchair Universe

The Armchair Universe
Author: A. K. Dewdney
Publsiher: New York [N.Y.] : W.H. Freeman
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1988
Genre: Computer software.
ISBN: 0716719398

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Essays discuss computer programs dealing with fractals, mathematical problems, artificial intelligence, one dimensional computers, puzzles, simulation, and core wars

The Armchair Universe

The Armchair Universe
Author: Dewdney, A. K. (Alexander Keewatin)
Publsiher: Macmillan of Canada
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1988-01-01
Genre: Computer software
ISBN: 077159299X

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Our Universe

Our Universe
Author: Michael Rowan-Robinson
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1993
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:1036777518

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Cellular Automata

Cellular Automata
Author: Andrew Ilachinski
Publsiher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Total Pages: 840
Release: 2001-07-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9789813102569

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Cellular automata are a class of spatially and temporally discrete mathematical systems characterized by local interaction and synchronous dynamical evolution. Introduced by the mathematician John von Neumann in the 1950s as simple models of biological self-reproduction, they are prototypical models for complex systems and processes consisting of a large number of simple, homogeneous, locally interacting components. Cellular automata have been the focus of great attention over the years because of their ability to generate a rich spectrum of very complex patterns of behavior out of sets of relatively simple underlying rules. Moreover, they appear to capture many essential features of complex self-organizing cooperative behavior observed in real systems. This book provides a summary of the basic properties of cellular automata, and explores in depth many important cellular-automata-related research areas, including artificial life, chaos, emergence, fractals, nonlinear dynamics, and self-organization. It also presents a broad review of the speculative proposition that cellular automata may eventually prove to be theoretical harbingers of a fundamentally new information-based, discrete physics. Designed to be accessible at the junior/senior undergraduate level and above, the book will be of interest to all students, researchers, and professionals wanting to learn about order, chaos, and the emergence of complexity. It contains an extensive bibliography and provides a listing of cellular automata resources available on the World Wide Web.

The Last Recreations

The Last Recreations
Author: Martin Gardner
Publsiher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9781470463687

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Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one-before Gardner-had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This is the original 1997 edition and contains columns published from 1980-1986.

Intelligent Information Technologies Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications

Intelligent Information Technologies  Concepts  Methodologies  Tools  and Applications
Author: Sugumaran, Vijayan
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2614
Release: 2007-11-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781599049427

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This set compiles more than 240 chapters from the world's leading experts to provide a foundational body of research to drive further evolution and innovation of these next-generation technologies and their applications, of which scientific, technological, and commercial communities have only begun to scratch the surface.

Forever for All

Forever for All
Author: R. Michael Perry
Publsiher: Universal-Publishers
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2000
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781581127249

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This book considers the problems of death and the hereafter and how these ages-old problems ought to be addressed in light of our continuing progress. A materialistic viewpoint of reality is assumed, denying the likelihood of supernatural or other superhuman assistance. Death, however, is not seen as inevitable or even irreversible; it is maintained that the problem can and should be addressed scientifically in all of its aspects. The book thus follows recent, immortalist thinking that places hopes in future advances in our understanding and technology. A functionalist, reductionist argument is developed for the possibility of resurrecting the dead through the eventual creation of replicas and related constructs. Meanwhile, it is urged, medical advances leading to the conquest of biological death should be pursued, along with cryonics: freezing the newly deceased for possible, eventual reanimation. A common ground thus is sought between two hitherto largely independent strands of scientific immortalism, the one based on hopes in a remote but hyperadvanced future, the other on the nearer-term prospects of presently advancing technology. The resulting philosophy, encompassing both past and future, is directed toward the long-term interests of each sentient being, and it thereby acquires a moral dimension. The immortalization of humans and other life-forms is seen as a great moral project and labor of love that will unite us in a common cause and provide a meaningful destiny. A rational and thorough exploration of human potential. Few have considered, much less visualized, the profound changes set to occur over the next few decades through exponential advances in science and philosophy. Mike Perry has, and he shares his vision with eloquence. --Jim Halperin, author of The Truth Machine and The First Immortal.

The Age of Spiritual Machines

The Age of Spiritual Machines
Author: Ray Kurzweil
Publsiher: Penguin
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0140282025

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The inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and bestselling author of The Singularity is Nearer now offers a framework for envisioning the twenty-first century in The Age of Spiritual Machines--an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live. Kurzweil's prophetic blueprint for the future takes us through the advances that inexorably result in computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain by the year 2020 (with human-level capabilities not far behind); in relationships with automated personalities who will be our teachers, companions, and lovers; and in information fed straight into our brains along direct neural pathways. Optimistic and challenging, thought-provoking and engaging, The Age of Spiritual Machines is the ultimate guide on our road into the next century.