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For sci-fi readers that dig aperiodic tiling, Greg Egan wrote a great short story in his book 'Diaspora' about computational wang tiles. http://www.amazon.com/D
by Adaptive 12y ago
For sci-fi readers that dig aperiodic tiling, Greg Egan wrote a great short story in his book 'Diaspora' about computational wang tiles. http://www.amazon.com/Diaspora-Greg-Egan-ebook/dp/B00E83YOEI http://www.amazon.com/Diaspora-Greg-Egan-ebook/dp/B00E83YOEI (the short story is titled Wang's Carpets, available separately as well, but the whole book is worth buying or checking out from the library).
I hope this is considered on topic. I find fiction, particular that which inspires interest in math/code to always be particularly relevant.
- k2enemy 12y agoThanks for posting this! I just read my first Egan book (Permutation City) and was wondering which one to read next. I thought Permutation City was outstanding. I put the book down several times in awe and to think more about his ideas. It is great when a novel's story is so profound, yet plausible enough, to encourage this.
- swayvil 12y agopermutation city! omg!
- Adaptive 12y agoI just recently read Permutation City as well. If you liked it you'll enjoy Diaspora immensely. Permutation City is one of those books that made me feel the same way I did when first trying to understand clever recursive functions in Haskell. That is of course high praise.