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I second the recommendation with the caveat that you can only get through it if you can stand his narcissism. It's really a tragedy because there really are br
by api 10y ago
I second the recommendation with the caveat that you can only get through it if you can stand his narcissism.
It's really a tragedy because there really are brilliant ideas in there. It's just that Wolfram did not single handedly invent them all.
I would also recommend the Artificial Life conference proceedings and journals.
- dnautics 10y agoI don't think he quite claims that he single handedly invented them all, but yes, Wolfram's style is pointedly awful. I'm surprised I was open-minded enough to get to the good parts of the book... The surprising existence of the cone-shell pattern alone made it worth it.