Re: [FRIAM] Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations, by Werner Krauth

2008-07-02 Thread Günther Greindl
Hey, the book has already crossed my radar but I have not had the occasion to read it, as I'm drowning in books already. But I would like to queue in with Owen as to interest in FRIAMer comments if some of you have already read it? Cheers, Günther Owen Densmore wrote: > Has anyone read this cr

Re: [FRIAM] Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations, by Werner Krauth

2008-07-02 Thread Ken Lloyd
No, I haven't. I wonder if it is better than Chandler's, "Intro. to Modern Statistical Mechanics" (mid 1980's)? Then there is always Robert M. Gray's two books "Probability and Ergodic Theory" and "Information and Entropy" (ca 2000) Ken. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [FRIAM] Friam Digest, Vol 61, Issue 2

2008-07-02 Thread peter
Re: Complexity Science movie? (Parks, Raymond) I may be a simple right brainer but the scenes which resonate for me are in "what the Bleep " ( : ( : pete Peter Baston *IDEAS* /www.ideapete.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send Friam mailing list submissions

Re: [FRIAM] Complexity Science movie?

2008-07-02 Thread Jonathan Wolfe
Whoo, yeah, while I love the Butterfly Effect and teach about it often, I strongly discourage people from seeing the movie by that title, as it's pretty darn grim, and not particularly intellectually stimulating (at all). Another one I disrecommend is that "Bleep"ing movie, which, aside fro

Re: [FRIAM] Complexity Science movie?

2008-07-02 Thread James Steiner
Not a movie, but a television program, Stargate SG-1, featured something called "the Replicators", a race of robot things made up from tiny, self-organizing, adaptive, self-repairing sub-units. ~~James > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Joshua Thorp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Can anyone thin

[FRIAM] July Blenders at Santa Fe Complex

2008-07-02 Thread Don Begley
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