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

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 3, 2025) Physics Project Working Session | January 3, 2025 Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [Episode 153] Physics Project Working Session | December 27, 2024 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (December 20, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 20, 2024 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (December 18, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 18, 2024 Computational X - Live Physics Project Working Session | December 11, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 865: Language Design in Wolfram Language [Short/Elided String and More] Physics Project Working Session | December 11, 2024 Wolfram Notebook Assistant + LLM Kit Announcement and Demo with Stephen Wolfram Physics Project Working Session | December 9, 2024 Useful to the Point of Being Revolutionary: Introducing Wolfram Notebook Assistant Writing | December 9, 2024 Foundations of Biological Evolution: More Results & More Surprises Writing | December 5, 2024 History of Science and Technology Q&A (December 4, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 4, 2024
Useful to the Point of Being Revolutionary: Introducing Wolfram Notebook Assistant Writing | December 9, 2024 Foundations of Biological Evolution: More Results & More Surprises Writing | December 5, 2024 On the Nature of Time Writing | October 8, 2024 Nestedly Recursive Functions Writing | September 27, 2024 Five Most Productive Years: What Happened and What's Next Writing | August 29, 2024 What's Really Going On in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models Writing | August 22, 2024 Yet More New Ideas and New Functions: Launching Version 14.1 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica Writing | July 31, 2024 Ruliology of the "Forgotten" Code 10 Writing | June 1, 2024 Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes Writing | May 3, 2024 When Exactly Will the Eclipse Happen? A Multimillennium Tale of Computation Writing | March 29, 2024
Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 3, 2025) Physics Project Working Session | January 3, 2025 Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [Episode 153] Physics Project Working Session | December 27, 2024 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (December 20, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 20, 2024 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (December 18, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 18, 2024 Computational X - Live Physics Project Working Session | December 11, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 865: Language Design in Wolfram Language [Short/Elided String and More] Physics Project Working Session | December 11, 2024 Wolfram Notebook Assistant + LLM Kit Announcement and Demo with Stephen Wolfram Physics Project Working Session | December 9, 2024 History of Science and Technology Q&A (December 4, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 4, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 864: Language Design in Wolfram Language [Multipanel Plots & More] Physics Project Working Session | December 4, 2024 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (November 27, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | November 27, 2024
Foundations of Biological Evolution: More Results & More Surprises NKS | December 5, 2024 Nestedly Recursive Functions NKS | September 27, 2024 What's Really Going On in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models NKS | August 22, 2024 Ruliology of the "Forgotten" Code 10 NKS | June 1, 2024 Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes NKS | May 3, 2024 Observer Theory NKS | December 11, 2023 Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes NKS | November 3, 2023 Expression Evaluation and Fundamental Physics NKS | September 29, 2023 Generative AI Space and the Mental Imagery of Alien Minds NKS | July 17, 2023 Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics NKS | February 3, 2023
Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 3, 2025) Physics Project Working Session | January 3, 2025 Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [Episode 153] Physics Project Working Session | December 27, 2024 Future of Science and Technology Q&A (December 20, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 20, 2024 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (December 18, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 18, 2024 Computational X - Live Physics Project Working Session | December 11, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 865: Language Design in Wolfram Language [Short/Elided String and More] Physics Project Working Session | December 11, 2024 Wolfram Notebook Assistant + LLM Kit Announcement and Demo with Stephen Wolfram Physics Project Working Session | December 9, 2024 History of Science and Technology Q&A (December 4, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | December 4, 2024 Live CEOing Ep 864: Language Design in Wolfram Language [Multipanel Plots & More] Physics Project Working Session | December 4, 2024 Business, Innovation and Managing Life (November 27, 2024) Physics Project Working Session | November 27, 2024
Foundations of Biological Evolution: More Results & More Surprises Ruliology | December 5, 2024 Nestedly Recursive Functions Ruliology | September 27, 2024 What's Really Going On in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models Ruliology | August 22, 2024 Ruliology of the "Forgotten" Code 10 Ruliology | June 1, 2024 Why Does Biological Evolution Work? A Minimal Model for Biological Evolution and Other Adaptive Processes Ruliology | May 3, 2024 Can AI Solve Science? Ruliology | March 5, 2024 Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes Ruliology | November 3, 2023 Expression Evaluation and Fundamental Physics Ruliology | September 29, 2023 Generative AI Space and the Mental Imagery of Alien Minds Ruliology | July 17, 2023 Alien Intelligence and the Concept of Technology Ruliology | June 16, 2022