Notes
Chapter 2: The Crucial Experiment
Section 1: How Do Simple Programs Behave?
https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/chap-2--the-crucial-experiment--notes#sect-2-1--how-do-simple-programs-behave
![Bitwise optimizations [of cellular automata]](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--bitwise-optimizations-of-cellular-automata--textonly.png "Bitwise optimizations [of cellular automata]")
![More general [cellular automaton] rules](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--more-general-cellular-automaton-rules--textonly.png "More general [cellular automaton] rules")
![Special-purpose hardware [for cellular automata]](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--special-purpose-hardware-for-cellular-automata--textonly.png "Special-purpose hardware [for cellular automata]")
![Audio representation [of cellular automata]](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--audio-representation-of-cellular-automata--textonly.png "Audio representation [of cellular automata]")
![Self-similarity [of rule 90]](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--self-similarity-of-rule-90--textonly.png "Self-similarity [of rule 90]")
![Another initial condition [for rule 90]](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--another-initial-condition-for-rule-90--textonly.png "Another initial condition [for rule 90]")
![More colors [in additive cellular automata]](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--more-colors-in-additive-cellular-automata--textonly.png "More colors [in additive cellular automata]")
![History [of Pascal's triangle mod k]](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--history-of-pascals-triangle-mod-k--textonly.png "History [of Pascal's triangle mod k]")
![[Patterns from] other integer functions](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--patterns-from-other-integer-functions--textonly.png "[Patterns from] other integer functions")
![[Patterns from] bitwise functions](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-1--patterns-from-bitwise-functions--textonly.png "[Patterns from] bitwise functions")
Implementing cellular automata
Bitwise optimizations [of cellular automata]
More general [cellular automaton] rules
Built-in cellular automaton function
Special-purpose hardware [for cellular automata]
Audio representation [of cellular automata]
Cellular automaton rules as formulas
Mathematical interpretation of cellular automata
Another initial condition [for rule 90]
More colors [in additive cellular automata]
History [of Pascal's triangle mod k]
[Patterns from] other integer functions
Section 2: The Need for a New Intuitionhttps://www.wolframscience.com/nks/chap-2--the-crucial-experiment--notes#sect-2-2--the-need-for-a-new-intuition
Section 3: Why These Discoveries Were Not Made Beforehttps://www.wolframscience.com/nks/chap-2--the-crucial-experiment--notes#sect-2-3--why-these-discoveries-were-not-made-before
![Close approaches [to core discoveries]](/nks/img/thumbnails/notes-2-3--close-approaches-to-core-discoveries--textonly.png "Close approaches [to core discoveries]")
