Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Reviews of A New Kind of Science

A New Kind of Science
A New Kind of Science
Author: Stephen Wolfram
ISBN-13: 9781579550080
ISBN-10: 1579550088
Publication Date: 5/2002
Pages: 1,192
Rating:
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2

4.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Wolfram Media
Book Type: Hardcover
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

2 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed A New Kind of Science on + 177 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
An incredible masterwork--as if Stephen Wolfram has lifted up the petticoat of the the universe and we can see all the seams now. I recommend skipping the first chapter the first time through--this chapter is all about why no one ever thought of this before and can come off as megalomaniacal--and jump straight to the thesis starting on Chapter Two and decide for yourself whether this is a new insight. Before dismissing him as conceited, bear in mind that this is Stephen Wolfram: he earned his PhD at age 20 and by his mid-thirties had written Mathematica--THE software used by virtually every working astrophysicist, mathemetician, and particle physicist today. It's not conceit if you really are brilliant, after all. This book is the Principia of our time.
reviewed A New Kind of Science on + 177 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
An incredible masterwork--as if Stephen Wolfram has lifted up the petticoat of the the universe and we can see all the seams now. I recommend skipping the first chapter the first time through--this chapter is all about why no one ever thought of this before and can come off as megalomaniacal--and jump straight to the thesis starting on Chapter Two and decide for yourself whether this is a new insight. Before dismissing him as conceited, bear in mind that this is Stephen Wolfram: he earned his PhD at age 20 and by his mid-thirties had written Mathematica--THE software used by virtually every working astrophysicist, mathemetician, and particle physicist today. It's not conceit if you really are brilliant, after all. This book is the Principia of our time.