Preface 1 The Foundations for a New Kind of Science 2 The Crucial Experiment 3 The World of Simple Programs 4 Systems Based on Numbers 5 Two Dimensions and Beyond 6 Starting from Randomness 7 Mechanisms in Programs and Nature 8 Implications for Everyday Systems 9 Fundamental Physics 10 Processes of Perception and Analysis 11 The Notion of Computation 12 The Principle of Computational Equivalence Notes

A New Kind of Science: Twentieth Anniversary Collection

Celebrate 20 years of NKS with this collectible box set containing hardcover copies of A New Kind of Science, A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics and the commemorative Twenty Years of A New Kind of Science.

Writings & Livestreams

All Writings Livestreams NKS Physics Ruliology Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes Writing | May 3, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 798: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Tabular] Physics Project Working Session | May 2, 2024 History of Science and Technology Q&A (May 1, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | May 1, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 797: Design Review of Geography, Dates, Quantity Features Physics Project Working Session | May 1, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 796: Design Review of Question Framework Features Physics Project Working Session | April 29, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 795: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Tabular] Physics Project Working Session | April 29, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 794: Design Review of Sound & Vision Features Physics Project Working Session | April 26, 2024 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 26, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | April 26, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 793: Design Review of ExternalObject Features Physics Project Working Session | April 25, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 792: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Engine Connectivity Engineering] Physics Project Working Session | April 25, 2024 Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes Writing | May 3, 2024 When Exactly Will the Eclipse Happen? A Multimillennium Tale of Computation Writing | March 29, 2024 Computing the Eclipse: Astronomy in the Wolfram Language Writing | March 29, 2024 Can AI Solve Science? Writing | March 5, 2024 The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica Writing | January 9, 2024 Observer Theory Writing | December 11, 2023 Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes Writing | November 3, 2023 How to Think Computationally about AI, the Universe and Everything Writing | October 27, 2023 Expression Evaluation and Fundamental Physics Writing | September 29, 2023 Remembering Doug Lenat (1950–2023) and His Quest to Capture the World with Logic Writing | September 5, 2023 Live CEOing Ep 798: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Tabular] Physics Project Working Session | May 2, 2024 History of Science and Technology Q&A (May 1, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | May 1, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 797: Design Review of Geography, Dates, Quantity Features Physics Project Working Session | May 1, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 796: Design Review of Question Framework Features Physics Project Working Session | April 29, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 795: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Tabular] Physics Project Working Session | April 29, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 794: Design Review of Sound & Vision Features Physics Project Working Session | April 26, 2024 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 26, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | April 26, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 793: Design Review of ExternalObject Features Physics Project Working Session | April 25, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 792: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Engine Connectivity Engineering] Physics Project Working Session | April 25, 2024 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 24, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | April 24, 2024 Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes NKS | May 3, 2024 Observer Theory NKS | December 11, 2023 Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes NKS | November 3, 2023 Expression Evaluation and Fundamental Physics NKS | September 29, 2023 Generative AI Space and the Mental Imagery of Alien Minds NKS | July 17, 2023 Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics NKS | February 3, 2023 Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems NKS | June 8, 2022 Twenty Years Later: The Surprising Greater Implications of A New Kind of Science NKS | May 16, 2022 The Making of A New Kind of Science NKS | May 13, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics NKS | March 7, 2022 Live CEOing Ep 798: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Tabular] Physics Project Working Session | May 2, 2024 History of Science and Technology Q&A (May 1, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | May 1, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 797: Design Review of Geography, Dates, Quantity Features Physics Project Working Session | May 1, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 796: Design Review of Question Framework Features Physics Project Working Session | April 29, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 795: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Tabular] Physics Project Working Session | April 29, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 794: Design Review of Sound & Vision Features Physics Project Working Session | April 26, 2024 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (April 26, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | April 26, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 793: Design Review of ExternalObject Features Physics Project Working Session | April 25, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 792: Language Design in the Wolfram Language [Engine Connectivity Engineering] Physics Project Working Session | April 25, 2024 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 24, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | April 24, 2024 Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes Ruliology | May 3, 2024 Can AI Solve Science? Ruliology | March 5, 2024 Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes Ruliology | November 3, 2023 Expression Evaluation and Fundamental Physics Ruliology | September 29, 2023 Generative AI Space and the Mental Imagery of Alien Minds Ruliology | July 17, 2023 Alien Intelligence and the Concept of Technology Ruliology | June 16, 2022 Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems Ruliology | June 8, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics Ruliology | March 7, 2022 Multicomputation with Numbers: The Case of Simple Multiway Systems Ruliology | October 7, 2021 Charting a Course for "Complexity": Metamodeling, Ruliology and More Ruliology | September 23, 2021