New Kinds of Science
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New technology can result in new kinds of models and metaphors. During the course of time, the universe has been is compared with a giant clock, a giant machine, a giant computer.. | New technology can result in new kinds of models and metaphors. During the course of time, the universe has been is compared with a giant clock, a giant machine, a giant computer.. | ||
| - | 18th century: clocks (machine), newtonian mechanics | + | * 18th century: clocks (machine), newtonian mechanics |
| - | 19th century: steam engine (machine), thermodynamics | + | * 19th century: steam engine (machine), thermodynamics |
| - | 20th century: computers, electrical mechanics | + | * 20th century: computers, electrical mechanics |
| - | 21th century: .. | + | * 21th century: .. |
== The computational universe == | == The computational universe == | ||
