
                            
                                
                                Preface
                            
                            
                                1
                                The Foundations for a New Kind of Science
                            
                            
                                2
                                The Crucial Experiment
                            
                            
                                3
                                The World of Simple Programs
                            
                            
                                4
                                Systems Based on Numbers
                            
                            
                                5
                                Two Dimensions and Beyond
                            
                            
                                6
                                Starting from Randomness
                            
                            
                                7
                                Mechanisms in Programs and Nature
                            
                            
                                8
                                Implications for Everyday Systems
                            
                            
                                9
                                Fundamental Physics
                            
                            
                                10
                                Processes of Perception and Analysis
                            
                            
                                11
                                The Notion of Computation
                            
                            
                                12
                                The Principle of Computational Equivalence
                            
                            
                                
                                Notes
                            
                            
                        
                    