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Books, articles, and essays for further reading
- John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing — Aspray, W.
- The Evolution of Cooperation. — Axelrod, R.
- How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality. — Bak, P.
- Linked: The New Science of Networks. — Barabási, A.-L.
- Charles Darwin’s Notebooks, 1836-1844: Geology, Transmutaiton of Species, Metaphysical Enquiries. — Barrett, P.
- Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity. — Bateson, G. H.
- The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics. — Beinhocker, E. D.
- Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems. — Bonabeau, E., Dorigo, M., and Theraulaz, G.
- Evolutionary Dynamics—Exploring the Interplay of Selection, Neutrality, Accident, and Function. — J. P. Crutchfield and P. K. Schuster
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea. — Dennett, D. R.
- Consciousness Explained. — Dennett, D. R.
- Steps Towards Life. — Eigen, M.
- The Emergence of Life on Earth: A Historical and Scientific Overview. — Fry, I.
- The Quark and the Jaguar. — Gell-Mann, M.
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. — Gladwell, M.
- Chaos: Making a New Science. — Gleick, J.
- Alan Turing: The Enigma. — Hodges, A.
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid. — Hofstadter, D. R.
- Emergence: From Chaos to Order. — Holland, J. H.
- The Ants. — Hölldobler, B. and Wilson, E. O.
- The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age — Horgan, J.
- Evolution: The Modern Synthesis. — Huxley, J.
- The Origins of Order. — Kauffman, S. A.
- At Home in the Universe. — Kauffman, S. A.
- Investigations. — Kauffman, S. A.
- The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence. — Kurzweil, R.
- Artificial Life: An Overview. — Langton, C. G.
- Maxwell’s Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing. — Leff, H. S. and Rex, A. F.
- Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos. — Lewin, R.
- The Ages of Gaia. — Lovelock, J. E.
- The Emergence of Life: from Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology. — Luisi, P. L.
- John von Neumann. — Macrae, N.
- The Fractal Geometry of Nature. — Mandelbrot, B. B.
- The Society of Mind — Minsky, M.
- Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind. — Moravec, H.
- Gödel’s Proof. — Nagel, E. and Newman, J. R.
- Exploring Complexity. — Nicolis, G. and Progogine, I.
- The Dreams of Reason. — Pagels, H.
- The Recursive Universe. — Poundstone, W.
- Prisoner’s Dilemma. — Poundstone, W.
- General System Theory: Essential Concepts and Applications — Rapoport, A.
- An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals, and Noise. — Pierce, J. R.
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. — Strogatz, S.
- Sync: How Order Emerges from Chaos in the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life. — Strogatz, S.
- Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness. — Tattersall, I.
- Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata — Von Neumann, J.
- General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications — Von Bertalanffy, L.
- Reflections on Kurt Gödel. — Wang, H.
- Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age. — Watts, D. J.
- A New Kind of Science. — Wolfram, S.