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Title

A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics (Paperback)
Author

Stephen Wolfram
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
URL: https://www.stephenwolfram.com
Book information

Publisher: Wolfram Media, Inc. (Champaign, IL )
Copyright year: 2025
ISBN: 9781579551001
Medium: Paperback
Pages: 778
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Contents

  • Preface
  • The Announcement
    Finally We May Have a Path to the Fundamental Theory of Physics... and It's Beautiful
  • Technical Introduction
    A Class of Models with the Potential to Represent Fundamental Physics
    Introduction · Basic Form of Models · Typical Behaviors · Limiting Behavior and Emergent Geometry · The Updating Process for String Substitution Systems · The Updating Process in Our Models · Equivalence and Computation in Our Models · Potential Relation to Physics · Notes & Further References
  • History
    How We Got Here: The Backstory of the Wolfram Physics Project
  • Background
    A New Kind of Science: A 15-Year View (2017) · What Is Spacetime, Really? (2015)
  • The Foundations
    Fundamental Physics, Chapter 9 from A New Kind of Science (2002) · Historical & Technical Notes
  • Index
Description

The Wolfram Physics Project is a bold effort to find the fundamental theory of physics. It combines new ideas with the latest research in physics, mathematics and computation in the push to achieve this ultimate goal of science. Written with Stephen Wolfram's characteristic expository flair, this book provides a unique opportunity to learn about a historic initiative in science right as it is happening. A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of Physics includes an accessible introduction to the project as well as core technical exposition and rich, never-before-seen visualizations.
Subject

*Science > Physics
Keywords

physics, how the universe works, theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, cosmology new theory of everything computational, spacetime wolfram language theoretical hypergraph, fundamental theory principles computation project
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