The computational beauty of nature
Subtitle: computer explorations of fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation
By: Gary William Flake.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 493
Subjects: Computer programming; System analysis
Description: "In this book, Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors.

Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and species) from their interactions (e.g., chemical reactions, immune system responses, sexual reproduction, and evolution), Flake argues that it is the computational properties of interactions that account for much of what we think of as "beautiful" and "interesting." From this basic thesis, Flake explores what he considers to be today's four most interesting computational topics: fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-482) and index.
"A Bradford book"