The Nature of Code: Simulating Natural Systems with Processing

by Daniel Shiffman

Book Overview

How can we capture the unpredictable evolutionary and emergent properties of nature in software?How can understanding the mathematical principles behind our physical world help us to create digital worlds?This book focuses on a range of programming strategies and techniques behind computer simulations of natural systems, from elementary concepts in mathematics and physics to more advanced algorithms that enable sophisticated visual results. Readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985930802
• ISBN13: 9780985930806
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Nature of Code
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.3"