# Wolfram's "A New Kind Of Science": Online and free

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**Created:** [February 6, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolframs-a-new-kind-of-science-online-and-free/227873 "2004-02-06T18:03:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolframs-a-new-kind-of-science-online-and-free/227873/1 "2004-02-06T18:03:48Z")

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Stephen Wolfram’s book “A New Kind Of Science” is now online in its entirety.

> **[Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science | Online—Table of Contents](https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/)**
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> The latest on exploring the computational universe, with free online access to Stephen Wolfram's classic 1,200-page breakthrough book.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolframs-a-new-kind-of-science-online-and-free/227873/2 "2004-02-06T19:32:01Z")

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Wow, was it selling that badly?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolframs-a-new-kind-of-science-online-and-free/227873/3 "2004-02-06T19:41:54Z")

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> [@ultrafilter](#):
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> Wow, was it selling that badly?

Probably. It made a big splash when it first came out, but it’s a ponderous tome, and pricey, too.

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**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolframs-a-new-kind-of-science-online-and-free/227873/4 "2004-02-06T19:54:59Z")

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You know I threw in a search for “three body problem” figuring it would be an ideal thing for his new science to answer, but all I get is recaps of classic approaches to it solution.

I’m under whelmed.