Age has nothing to do with it, the math doesn't change. As or AKNOS, their is actually a lot of controversy over that book and the claims Wolfram makes.
---- Kyle Maxwell <ky...@xwell.org> wrote: > Fairly old, but "Chaos" by James Gleick was a huge influence on me as > a young man and has some responsibility for the academic path I chose > later. > @kylemaxwell > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:17 AM, <jamescho...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > > Wolfram's book is about CAs and not chaos/fractals in general. > > > > For an initial intro you might try "Chaos and Fractals - New Frontiers of > > Science" by Hans-Otto Peitgen, Rudolph Dietmar, Saupe, Heinz-Otto, Hartmut > > Juergens. You'll also want to get all their other books. Your first read > > should always be Mandelbrot's books. For a more fun approach you should > > also check out Pickover's books if you want to see some code snippets and > > try your hand at playing with the math. > > > > All of these books have been around long enough that you should be able to > > find them in your local used bookstores in larger market at considerable > > discounts. I see them in here in Austin/Dallas/San Antonio in Half Price > > Books for as little as $10. > > > > http://www.hpb.com > > > > ---- Collin RM Stocks <col...@sibilance.org> wrote: > >> On 09/22/2013 10:23 PM, coderman wrote: > >> > if you're looking for general research in complexity / chaos, shortcut > >> > to perusing: > >> > > >> > Santa Fe Instutute series[0] then AKNOS[1] > >> > > >> > from there you'll be able to traverse the myraid particulars of > >> > interest... > >> > > >> > > >> > best regards, > >> > > >> > > >> > 0. "Santa Fe Institute Series" > >> > > >> > https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:"Santa+Fe+Institute+Series"&cad=3#q=bibliogroup%3A%22Santa+Fe+Institute+Series%22&safe=off&tbm=bks > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Institute > >> > > >> > 1. "A New Kind of Science" > >> > http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/toc.html > >> > > >> > >> Thanks, I'll take a look. > >> > >> -- > >> jTDSi2iTpW4qBsAR5wuO2eIDmKkbArSMyIpvlXlE8nAF1w5nv2+oBKhp9/sT > >> k4UO05sEd3BeLrK4mCoGZiQp/kyAqu6jwvLypofUhx8jV8Em/MVUxGX7Kmwx > >> ITJUJmw9QIOe1t9hkDmpkEOpAaCyryjVQwOZwV0OD+e+YxV3IH5/X2Hz/Ed3 > >> UY/SwFdmMv9EC7ZLooFhOLCrWtfvZ+IP+mgF9Ts72bYJKXjacU3ZFMIiVZf+ > >> oGX28A2DFbTm2Lhak4bX8IrKL4kqYq+7hH39OQWM3ImPaWyqskckevzKeyqI > >> A9gkVpAupp22csx6NgzE3GRFjIR5Yqc1Cdy5kB0N7w== > >> _______________________________________________ > >> cryptography mailing list > >> cryptography@randombit.net > >> http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > > > > -- > > -- -- -- -- > > Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus > > > > jamescho...@austin.rr.com > > jcho...@confusionresearchcenter.org > > rav...@ssz.com > > james.cho...@g.austincc.edu > > jchoate00...@gmail.com > > james.cho...@twcable.com > > h: 512-657-1279 > > w: 512-845-8989 > > http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Confusion_Research_Center > > http://confusionresearchcenter.org > > http://arbornet.org (ravage) > > > > Adapt, Adopt, Improvise > > -- -- -- -- > > _______________________________________________ > > cryptography mailing list > > cryptography@randombit.net > > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography -- -- -- -- -- Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus jamescho...@austin.rr.com jcho...@confusionresearchcenter.org rav...@ssz.com james.cho...@g.austincc.edu jchoate00...@gmail.com james.cho...@twcable.com h: 512-657-1279 w: 512-845-8989 http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Confusion_Research_Center http://confusionresearchcenter.org http://arbornet.org (ravage) Adapt, Adopt, Improvise -- -- -- -- _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography