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

Twenty Years Later: The Surprising Greater Implications of A New Kind of Science Writing | May 16, 2022 The Making of A New Kind of Science Writing | May 13, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Molecular Computation Livestream | April 12, 2022 We’ve Got a Science Opportunity Overload: It’s Time to Launch the Wolfram Institute! Writing | April 6, 2022 On the Concept of Motion Writing | March 18, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics Writing | March 7, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Observer Theory Livestream | March 1, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Metamathematics Livestream | February 1, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Metamathematics Livestream | January 25, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Metamathematics Livestream | January 18, 2022
Twenty Years Later: The Surprising Greater Implications of A New Kind of Science Writing | May 16, 2022 The Making of A New Kind of Science Writing | May 13, 2022 We’ve Got a Science Opportunity Overload: It’s Time to Launch the Wolfram Institute! Writing | April 6, 2022 On the Concept of Motion Writing | March 18, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics Writing | March 7, 2022 Launching Version 13.0 of Wolfram Language + Mathematica Writing | December 13, 2021 The Concept of the Ruliad Writing | November 10, 2021 Celebrating a Third of a Century of Mathematica, and Looking Forward Writing | October 22, 2021 Multicomputation with Numbers: The Case of Simple Multiway Systems Wolfram Physics Bulletin | October 7, 2021 Charting a Course for “Complexity”: Metamodeling, Ruliology and More Writing | September 23, 2021
Molecular Computation Physics Project Working Session | April 12, 2022 Observer Theory Physics Project Working Session | March 1, 2022 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | February 1, 2022 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | January 25, 2022 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | January 18, 2022 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | December 28, 2021 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | December 21, 2021 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | December 14, 2021 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | December 7, 2021 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | November 30, 2021
Twenty Years Later: The Surprising Greater Implications of A New Kind of Science Writing | May 16, 2022 The Making of A New Kind of Science Writing | May 13, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics Writing | March 7, 2022 The Concept of the Ruliad Writing | November 10, 2021 Multicomputation with Numbers: The Case of Simple Multiway Systems Wolfram Physics Bulletin | October 7, 2021 Charting a Course for “Complexity”: Metamodeling, Ruliology and More Writing | September 23, 2021 Multicomputation: A Fourth Paradigm for Theoretical Science Writing | September 9, 2021 The Problem of Distributed Consensus Writing | May 17, 2021 Why Does the Universe Exist? Some Perspectives from Our Physics Project Writing | April 28, 2021 What Is Consciousness? Some New Perspectives from Our Physics Project Writing | March 22, 2021
Physics Project Working Sessions: Molecular Computation Livestream | April 12, 2022 On the Concept of Motion Writing | March 18, 2022 The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics Writing | March 7, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Observer Theory Livestream | March 1, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Metamathematics Livestream | February 1, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Metamathematics Livestream | January 25, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Metamathematics Livestream | January 18, 2022 Physics Project Working Sessions: Metamathematics Livestream | December 28, 2021 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | December 21, 2021 Metamathematics Physics Project Working Session | December 14, 2021
The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics Writing | March 7, 2022 Multicomputation with Numbers: The Case of Simple Multiway Systems Wolfram Physics Bulletin | October 7, 2021 Charting a Course for “Complexity”: Metamodeling, Ruliology and More Writing | September 23, 2021 Multicomputation: A Fourth Paradigm for Theoretical Science Writing | September 9, 2021 1920, 2020 and a $20,000 Prize: Announcing the S Combinator Challenge Writing | June 8, 2021 The Problem of Distributed Consensus Writing | May 17, 2021 After 100 Years, Can We Finally Crack Post’s Problem of Tag? A Story of Computational Irreducibility, and More Writing | March 4, 2021 Multiway Turing Machines Wolfram Physics Bulletin | February 4, 2021 Combinators: A Centennial View Writing | December 6, 2020 Exploring Rulial Space: The Case of Turing Machines Wolfram Physics Bulletin | June 9, 2020