June, 2003 last summer i read the book a new kind of science, by stephen wolfram stephen wolfram. The book, hereafter described as nks, is several things at once. Bailey may 17, 2012 it has been ten years since stephen wolfram published his magnum opus a new kind of science 14. This resource contains the full text of a new kind of science as a single string, as well as an association divided into chapters and sections, notes, and the full text of each page.
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