Images from A New Kind of Science

Based on Chapter 2: The Crucial Experiment in A New Kind of Science, these images of cellular automata illustrate some of the core discoveries of NKS.

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Rule 30 Rule 90 Rule 110 Rule 150 Rule 250 Rule 254

Rule 30

Rule specification (EPS: 29K)

Sequence of steps (EPS: 32K)

25 steps (TIF: 4K)

25 steps with grid (EPS: 31K)

100 steps (TIF: 5K) (as shown)

250 steps (TIF: 10K)

1000 steps (TIF: 86K)

2500 steps (TIF: 500K)

Rule 90

Rule specification (EPS: 29K)

Sequence of steps (EPS: 32K)

25 steps (TIF: 4K)

25 steps with grid (EPS: 31K)

100 steps (TIF: 4K) (as shown)

250 steps (TIF: 5K)

1000 steps (TIF: 11K)

2500 steps (TIF: 28K)

Rule 110

Rule specification (EPS: 29K)

Sequence of steps (EPS: 32K)

25 steps (TIF: 4K)

25 steps with grid (EPS: 30K)

100 steps (TIF: 4K) (as shown)

250 steps (TIF: 6K)

1000 steps (TIF: 14K)

2500 steps (TIF: 36K)

Rule 150

Rule specification (EPS: 29K)

Sequence of steps (EPS: 11K)

25 steps (TIF: 4K)

25 steps with grid (EPS: 31K)

100 steps (TIF: 4K) (as shown)

250 steps (TIF: 5K)

1000 steps (TIF: 14K)

2500 steps (TIF: 37K)

Rule 250

Rule specification (EPS: 11K)

Sequence of steps (EPS: 13K)

25 steps (TIF: 4K)

25 steps with grid (EPS: 9K)

100 steps (TIF: 4K) (as shown)

250 steps (TIF: 5K)

Rule 254

Rule specification (EPS: 20K)

Sequence of steps (EPS: 13K)

25 steps (TIF: 4K)

25 steps with grid (EPS: 9K)

100 steps (TIF: 4K) (as shown)

250 steps (TIF: 5K)