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

A New Kind of Science: Twentieth Anniversary Collection

Celebrate 20 years of NKS with this collectible box set containing hardcover copies of A New Kind of Science, A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics and the commemorative Twenty Years of A New Kind of Science.

Writings & Livestreams

Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It's Complicated... Writing | March 15, 2023 What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work? Writing | February 14, 2023 Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics Writing | February 3, 2023 A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics Writing | February 2, 2023 How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics Writing | January 31, 2023 Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT Writing | January 9, 2023 The Latest from Our R&D Pipeline: Version 13.2 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica Writing | December 14, 2022 Launching Version 13.1 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica 🙀🤠🥳 Writing | June 29, 2022 Alien Intelligence and the Concept of Technology Writing | June 16, 2022 Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems Writing | June 8, 2022
Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It's Complicated... Writing | March 15, 2023 What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work? Writing | February 14, 2023 Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics Writing | February 3, 2023 A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics Writing | February 2, 2023 How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics Writing | January 31, 2023 Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT Writing | January 9, 2023 The Latest from Our R&D Pipeline: Version 13.2 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica Writing | December 14, 2022 Launching Version 13.1 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica 🙀🤠🥳 Writing | June 29, 2022 Alien Intelligence and the Concept of Technology Writing | June 16, 2022 Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems Writing | June 8, 2022
Molecular Computation (Apr. 12, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | April 12, 2022 Observer Theory (March 1, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | March 1, 2022 Metamathematics (February 1, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | February 1, 2022 Metamathematics (January 25, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | January 25, 2022 Metamathematics (January 18, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | January 18, 2022 Metamathematics (December 28, 2021) Physics Project Working Session | December 28, 2021 Metamathematics (December 21, 2021) Physics Project Working Session | December 21, 2021 Metamathematics (December 14, 2021) Physics Project Working Session | December 14, 2021 Metamathematics (Dec. 7, 2021) Physics Project Working Session | December 7, 2021 Metamathematics (November 30, 2021) Physics Project Working Session | November 30, 2021
Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics NKS | February 3, 2023 Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems NKS | June 8, 2022 Twenty Years Later: The Surprising Greater Implications of A New Kind of Science NKS | May 16, 2022 The Making of A New Kind of Science NKS | May 13, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics NKS | March 7, 2022 The Concept of the Ruliad NKS | November 10, 2021 Multicomputation with Numbers: The Case of Simple Multiway Systems NKS | October 7, 2021 Charting a Course for "Complexity": Metamodeling, Ruliology and More NKS | September 23, 2021 Multicomputation: A Fourth Paradigm for Theoretical Science NKS | September 9, 2021 The Problem of Distributed Consensus NKS | May 17, 2021
Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics Physics | February 3, 2023 A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics Physics | February 2, 2023 How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics Physics | January 31, 2023 Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems Physics | June 8, 2022 Molecular Computation (Apr. 12, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | April 12, 2022 On the Concept of Motion Physics | March 18, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics Physics | March 7, 2022 Observer Theory (March 1, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | March 1, 2022 Metamathematics (February 1, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | February 1, 2022 Metamathematics (January 25, 2022) Physics Project Working Session | January 25, 2022
Alien Intelligence and the Concept of Technology Ruliology | June 16, 2022 Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems Ruliology | June 8, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics Ruliology | March 7, 2022 Multicomputation with Numbers: The Case of Simple Multiway Systems Ruliology | October 7, 2021 Charting a Course for "Complexity": Metamodeling, Ruliology and More Ruliology | September 23, 2021 Multicomputation: A Fourth Paradigm for Theoretical Science Ruliology | September 9, 2021 1920, 2020 and a $20,000 Prize: Announcing the S Combinator Challenge Ruliology | June 8, 2021 The Problem of Distributed Consensus Ruliology | May 17, 2021 After 100 Years, Can We Finally Crack Post's Problem of Tag? A Story of Computational Irreducibility, and More Ruliology | March 4, 2021 Multiway Turing Machines Ruliology | February 4, 2021