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A New Science - Wolfram Maybe stretching outside the typical, but I have a weakness for cellular automata. Also, I've vowed never to buy another Oriely book o

A New Science - Wolfram Maybe stretching outside the typical, but I have a weakness for cellular automata. Also, I've vowed never to buy another Oriely book or similar book ever. Online docs are free and stay up to date.

throwaway7645 10y ago
The book is basically a scam and panned. He talks about automata like it was new and he invented it. I strongly suggest you read the Amazon reviews.
- sitkack 10y ago
  On the plus side it is full of pretty pictures, has a massive number of pages which can be used to press leaves or flowers, heat in the winter and a door stop in the summer to encourage airflow. There really isn't a bad quality about this book. Oh, and super cheap on the used market.
  - jackyinger 10y ago
    Haha! :) Touché!
  - JoachimS 10y ago
    Got mine for about 10 USD. page/price ratio is quite impressive.
- jackyinger 10y ago
  I can form my own opinion thanks. At least he doesn't have his head up his ass the may Mandelbrot did. And on top of it all he generated a great deal of original work.
  - ebneter 10y ago
    > At least he doesn't have his head up his ass the may Mandelbrot did I see you've never met Stephen.
  - throwaway7645 10y ago
    Wolfram is known to be super arrogant. Granted, he has accomplished a lot as a business man and is probably almost twice as intelligent as me, but there are probably more useful books out there.
spacehacker 10y ago
It is also available online for free: http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/toc.html http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/toc.html
mbrodersen 10y ago
This one is a waste of time. Nothing new expanded to (what feels like) thousands of pages.
- bainsfather 10y ago
  I read the whole book 15 years ago. It was a waste of time and money. The only new thing I found was a Turing Machine with (iirc) 1 less tape - the whole book could have been reduced to a 4 page paper, as far as new work is concerned.

throwaway7645 10y ago

The book is basically a scam and panned. He talks about automata like it was new and he invented it. I strongly suggest you read the Amazon reviews.

sitkack 10y ago
On the plus side it is full of pretty pictures, has a massive number of pages which can be used to press leaves or flowers, heat in the winter and a door stop in the summer to encourage airflow. There really isn't a bad quality about this book. Oh, and super cheap on the used market.
- jackyinger 10y ago
  Haha! :) Touché!
- JoachimS 10y ago
  Got mine for about 10 USD. page/price ratio is quite impressive.
jackyinger 10y ago
I can form my own opinion thanks. At least he doesn't have his head up his ass the may Mandelbrot did. And on top of it all he generated a great deal of original work.
- ebneter 10y ago
  > At least he doesn't have his head up his ass the may Mandelbrot did I see you've never met Stephen.
- throwaway7645 10y ago
  Wolfram is known to be super arrogant. Granted, he has accomplished a lot as a business man and is probably almost twice as intelligent as me, but there are probably more useful books out there.

spacehacker 10y ago

It is also available online for free: http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/toc.html http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/toc.html

mbrodersen 10y ago

This one is a waste of time. Nothing new expanded to (what feels like) thousands of pages.

bainsfather 10y ago
I read the whole book 15 years ago. It was a waste of time and money. The only new thing I found was a Turing Machine with (iirc) 1 less tape - the whole book could have been reduced to a 4 page paper, as far as new work is concerned.