Modeling Reality

How Computers Mirror Life

By: Iwo Bialynicki-Birula, Iwona Bialynicka-Birula

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Hardcover | 21 October 2004

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192 Pages

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23.39 x 15.6 x 1.27

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The bookModeling Reality covers a wide range of fascinating subjects, accessible to anyone who wants to learn about the use of computer modeling to solve a diverse range of problems, but who does not possess a specialized training in mathematics or computer science. The material presented is pitched at the level of high-school graduates, even though it covers some advanced topics (cellular automata, Shannon's measure of information, deterministic chaos, fractals, game theory, neural networks, genetic algorithms, and Turing machines). These advanced topics are explained in terms of well known simple concepts: Cellular automata - Game of Life, Shannon's formula - Game of twenty questions, Game theory - Television quiz, etc. The book is unique in explaining in a straightforward, yet complete, fashion many important ideas, related to various models of reality and their applications. Twenty-five programs, written especially for this book, are provided on an accompanying CD. They
greatly enhance its pedagogical value and make learning of even the more complex topics an enjoyable pleasure.

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`... an intelligent, well-written, well-organized and highly accessible introduction to a broad range of fascinating topics in modern science and mathematical modeling.' Cosma Shalizi, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan

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