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The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge

The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
By William Poundstone

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1293550 in Books
  • Published on: 1984-11
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 252 pages

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Read and enjoy5
A great book. I read this many years ago and even today recall it with pleasure. If you have some programming skills it will inspire, if not it's a great tale in itself.

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A brilliant book about Conway's 'Game of Life' - the history behind it - and the consequences it poses to our conception of the universe.
Some thermodynamic physics and the like - but put in a very accessible manner.
The book won a pulitzer, and I guess it will be of interest primarily to humanist academics with modest programming skills (like me).