Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

#1

Post by _hrkg » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 6:42 PM UTC

I'm self-studying cellular automata and I'd love if there were any sitebooks or torrentable textbooks.

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

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Post by azeirah » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 6:44 PM UTC

Not sure about books entirely about cellular automata, but Stephen Wolfram's "a new kind of science" has a LOT on cellular automata.

Also check out his papers if you're interested in them

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

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Post by schip666 » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 8:18 PM UTC

This is a kinda good theoretical intro: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cellular-automata/ and search the Santa Fe Institute's site too: http://www.santafe.edu/search/results/?query=cellular+automa...

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

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Post by wallflower » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 9:12 PM UTC

azeirah wrote: post #2

Not sure about books entirely about cellular automata, but Stephen Wolfram's "a new kind of science" has a LOT on cellular automata. Also check out his papers if you're interested in them

+1 for ANKOS

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

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Post by seibelj » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 9:18 PM UTC

azeirah wrote: post #2

Not sure about books entirely about cellular automata, but Stephen Wolfram's "a new kind of science" has a LOT on cellular automata. Also check out his papers if you're interested in them

Think critically when reading this book, it contains a lot of fluff and self aggrandizing. It was self published, and the author(s) claimed it would be a "paradigm shift" in science, with very little impact after a decade+. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_Kind_of_Science#Receptio...

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

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Post by saltvedt » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 9:37 PM UTC

This is a good introduction: http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-7-cellular-automata/

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 9:46 PM UTC

azeirah wrote: post #2

Not sure about books entirely about cellular automata, but Stephen Wolfram's "a new kind of science" has a LOT on cellular automata. Also check out his papers if you're interested in them

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Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

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Post by rahiel » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

Chapters 11 & 12 of the free textbook "Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems" [1] are on cellular automata. The "Complex Systems" journal has many papers on CA. [2] (I've just finished a project where we implemented a random number generator using a cellular automaton, might be nice to see. [3])

[1]: http://textbooks.opensuny.org/introduction-to-the-modeling-a...

[2]: http://www.complex-systems.com/archives.html

[3]: https://sunsistemo.github.io/mozzacella-automato-salad

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

#9

Post by pacaro » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 9:54 PM UTC

While not just about this, The Computational Beauty of Nature [1] is worth checking out.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Computational-Beauty-Nature-Explorati...

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a Book on Cellular Automata

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Post by syngrog66 » Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 9:56 PM UTC

have you tried googling for "books on cellular automata"? also consulting Wikipedia, Amazon, YouTube, etc, more directly?