Product Description
by Stephen Wolfram (Author)
"What is mathematics?" is a question that has been debated since antiquity. This book presents a groundbreaking and surprising answer to the question--showing through the concept of the physicalization of metamathematics how both mathematics and physics as experienced by humans can be seen to emerge from the unique underlying computational structure of the recently formulated ruliad. Written with Stephen Wolfram's characteristic expositional flair and richly illustrated with remarkable algorithmic diagrams, the book takes the reader on a unprecedented intellectual journey to the center of some of the deepest questions about mathematics and its nature--and points the way to a new understanding of the foundations and future of mathematics, taking a major step beyond ideas from Plato, Kant, Hilbert, Gödel and others.
Author Biography
Stephen Wolfram is a distinguished scientist and best-selling author, and the creator of some of the world's most respected software systems, including Mathematica, WolframAlpha and the Wolfram Language. For more than 30 years he has been the CEO of the global technology company Wolfram Research.
