The Universe as Automaton From Simplicity and Symmetry to Complexity /

• Main Authors: Mainzer, Klaus (Author), Chua, Leon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Complexity,
• Subjects: Physics.; Computers.; Artificial intelligence.; Neurobiology.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Complexity, Computational.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Complexity.; Theory of Computation.

This booklet is an essay at the interface of philosophy and complexity research, trying to inspire the reader with new ideas and new conceptual developments of cellular automata.  Going beyond the numerical experiments of Steven Wolfram, it is argued that cellular automata must be considered complex...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Leibniz,Turing Zuse, and Beyond
• Simplicity in the Unviverse of Cellular Automata
• Complexity in the Universe of Cellular Automata
• Symmetry in the Universe of Cellular Automata
• Attractors in the Universe of Cellular Automata
• Time in the Universe of Cellular Automata
• Matter in the Universe of Cellular Automata
• Life and Brain in the Universe of Cellular Automata
• Outlook: Is the Universe a Computer?.