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Book Information:
Author:
Stephen Wolfram
Title:
A new kind of science
Additional book information:
Wolfram Media, Inc.,
Champaign, IL,
2002,
xiv+1197 pp.,
ISBN 1-57955-008-8,
$44.95$
[BHA] Bhagavad Gita, transl. by Shri Purohit Swami, Skylight Paths Publishing, Woodstock, Vermont, 2001.
[DAN] E. von Däniken, Chariots of the Gods?, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1968.
[DAR] C. Darwin, On the Origin of Species, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1964.
[DRO] M. Drosnin, The Bible Code, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1998.
[FOU] J. Fourier, The Analytical Theory of Heat, G. E. Stechert & Co., New York, 1878. MR 6:177e
[GAU] C. F. Gauss, Disquisitiones Arithmeticæ, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1966. MR 0197380
[HAW] S. Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell, Bantam Books, New York, 2001.
[HUB] L. Ron Hubbard, Dianetics, Bridge Publications, Los Angeles, CA, 1989.
[JUN] C. G. Jung, Synchronicity: An Acausal Connectivity Principle, Pantheon Books, 1955.
[KUR] R. Kurzweil, Reflections on Stephen Wolfram's ```A New Kind of Science'', http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0464.html?printable=1.
[LAO] Lin Yutang, ed., The Wisdom of Laotse, The Modern Library, New York, 1948.
[NEW] A. Koyre and I. B. Cohen, eds., Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 
ed., Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1972. MR 0485110; MR 58:4966b
[PED] H. O. Peitgen and D. Saupe, eds., The Science of Fractal Images, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1988. MR 0952853
[THO] D. Thompson, On Growth and Form, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1942. MR 3:291k
- [BHA]
- Bhagavad Gita, transl. by Shri Purohit Swami, Skylight Paths Publishing, Woodstock, Vermont, 2001.
- [DAN]
- E. von Däniken, Chariots of the Gods?, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1968.
- [DAR]
- C. Darwin, On the Origin of Species, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1964.
- [DRO]
- M. Drosnin, The Bible Code, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1998.
- [FOU]
- J. Fourier, The Analytical Theory of Heat, G. E. Stechert & Co., New York, 1878. MR 6:177e
- [GAU]
- C. F. Gauss, Disquisitiones Arithmeticæ, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1966. MR 0197380
- [HAW]
- S. Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell, Bantam Books, New York, 2001.
- [HUB]
- L. Ron Hubbard, Dianetics, Bridge Publications, Los Angeles, CA, 1989.
- [JUN]
- C. G. Jung, Synchronicity: An Acausal Connectivity Principle, Pantheon Books, 1955.
- [KUR]
- R. Kurzweil, Reflections on Stephen Wolfram's ```A New Kind of Science'', http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0464.html?printable=1.
- [LAO]
- Lin Yutang, ed., The Wisdom of Laotse, The Modern Library, New York, 1948.
- [NEW]
- A. Koyre and I. B. Cohen, eds., Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, ed., Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1972. MR 0485110; MR 58:4966b
- [PED]
- H. O. Peitgen and D. Saupe, eds., The Science of Fractal Images, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1988. MR 0952853
- [THO]
- D. Thompson, On Growth and Form, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1942. MR 3:291k
Review Information:
Reviewer:
Steven G. Krantz
Affiliation:
Washington University
Email:
sk@math.wustl.edu
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
40 (2003), 143-150
Published electronically:
October 17, 2002
Review copyright:
© Copyright 2002
American Mathematical Society
