The Recursive Universe - Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge

Klappentext Fascinating journey explores key concepts in information theory in terms of Conway's "Game of Life" program. Topics include the limits of knowledge, paradox of complexity, Maxwell's demon, Big Bang theory, much more. 1985 edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements 1. Complexity and Simplicity 2. The Life Universe 3. Maxwell's Demon 4. Gliders and Spaceships 5. Information and Structure 6. Unlimited Growth 7. Physics as a recursion 8. Recursive Games 9. Big Bang and Heat Death 10. Random Fields 11. Von Neumann and Self-Reproducinmg Machines 12. Self-Reproducing Life Patterns 13. The Recursive Universe Afterword to the Dover Edition Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: William Poundstone
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.07.2013
• EAN: 9780486490984
• ISBN: 978-0-486-49098-4
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: Dover Books on Science; Dover Books on Science
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Buchhandel, Bibliothekswesen