In which year was the author of the best-selling, controversial book that contains an empirical and systematic study of computational systems such as cellular automata named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society?
A New Kind of Science A New Kind of Science is a best-selling, controversial book by Stephen Wolfram, published by his own company in 2002. It contains an empirical and systematic study of computational systems such as cellular automata. Wolfram calls these systems "simple programs" and argues that the scientific philosophy and methods appropriate for the study of simple programs are relevant to other fields of science.
Alain A. Lewis Alain A. Lewis (born 1947) is an American mathematician. A student of the mathematical economist Kenneth Arrow, Lewis is credited by the historian of economics Philip Mirowski with making Arrow aware of computational limits to economic agency.