Wolfram's book is out

http://www.wolframscience.com/

--- In metatuning@y..., "Dante Rosati" <dante.interport@r...> wrote:
> http://www.wolframscience.com/

Background on Wolfram and the development of the book:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.06/wolfram.html

Cheers,
Jon

--- In metatuning@y..., "jonszanto" <JSZANTO@A...> wrote:
> --- In metatuning@y..., "Dante Rosati" <dante.interport@r...> wrote:

/metatuning/topicId_2424.html#2432

> > http://www.wolframscience.com/
>
> Background on Wolfram and the development of the book:
>
> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.06/wolfram.html
>
> Cheers,
> Jon

***Thanks for forwarding this article, which was *extremely*
interesting for a composing break.

I would really like to order and read this book, but I'm afraid I
just don't (or SHOULDN'T) have time for it! :) so your synopses are
particularly needed. It's exciting stuff.

I also think the book would be a bit heavy to lug around on short
vacations ( :) ) Too bad there's not more than "One Life to Live..."

Say, does one actually *subscribe* to Wired online?? It seems it was
possible to read several of the articles anyway, so I was wondering
what the difference was...

TX again!

Joe P.

--- In metatuning@y..., "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@r...> wrote:
> ***Thanks for forwarding this article, which was *extremely*
> interesting for a composing break.

I realized later there was a link to it on the Wolfram site, but anyway...

> I would really like to order and read this book, but I'm afraid I
> just don't (or SHOULDN'T) have time for it! :) so your synopses
> are particularly needed. It's exciting stuff.

I'm not a scientist, and I don't even play one on TV. But I took a trip out to my favorite local store for this kind of thing, San Diego Technical Books (http://www.booksmatter.com/) and they sold out! I then realized that this book, science and all, is the current #1 seller on the Amazon.com non-fiction list.

I'm going to get it, and I'd be glad to share my partial impressions as I go along.

> Say, does one actually *subscribe* to Wired online??

http://www.wired.com/ - but you only have access to past articles and synopsese of current ones. Worth a look occasionally...

Cheers,
Jon

On a related note... You can download a freeware version of Conway's
Game of Life at http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/Life32.html
You can see some of the fascinating cellular automata patterns
created by this kind of process. Cool.
kp

Hey Kris!

--- In metatuning@y..., "kpeck77" <kris.peck@t...> wrote:
>
> On a related note... You can download a freeware version of Conway's
> Game of Life at http://psoup.math.wisc.edu/Life32.html

Boy, thanks for that! The funny thing, when I read about the Wolfram book and the basic thrust, was that *I* became fascinated with Conway's "Life" when it was originally published in Scientific American. I was a senior in high school, vacilating between music and a life in biology, and I even built myself a "Life" board (waaaaay pre-computer) to watch it work.

I programmed "Life" a couple of times later when I ended up working on a software engineering degree.

And everyone thinks I just bang on drums...

Cheers,
Jon