The recursive universe : cosmic complexity and the limits of scientific knowledge /
Poundstone, William.
Originally published: Chicago : Contemporary Books, 1985. With a new afterword and omission of the section Life for home computers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index.
Complexity and simplicity -- The life universe -- Maxwell's demon -- Gliders and spaceships -- Information and structure -- Unlimited growth -- Physics as recursion -- Recursive games -- Big bang and heat death -- Random fields -- Von Neumann and self-reproducing machines -- Self-reproducing life patterns -- The recursive universe.
Self-organizing systems.
Machine theory.
Universe.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science