The Library

Anyone interested in cellular automata has probably heard of this book. I actually bought it… but not to read (it’s unreadable b/c Wolfram praises himself on every page). I bought it as an artifact because of its huge size (requiring a special binding) and its typesetting—which was also apparently innovative.

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I'm guilty of picking this book up at a thrift store and never reading a single page... I didn't notice a special binding or typesetting will have to look.

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What’s special about the binding is simply that no hardcover book had ever been bound before at that size. Apparently only one company in western Canada had the technology to make the book. 🤷‍♀️ The typesetting thing refers to the hundreds of tiny, crisp diagrams, dozens per page. I need to find a reference.