Universe as Automaton

Leon Chuas awards include: IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award, 2005" Top 15 most cited Author in Engineering Award, 2002 (This award was chosen from the Current Contents (ISI) data base of all cited papers in the Engineering discipline (all branches of engineering) indexed from 1991 to October 31, 2001.) IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award, 2000 IEEE Third Millenium Medal, 2000 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal, 2000 Mac Van Valkenburg Award (1995 and 1998) IEEE Centennial Medal, 1985 Alexander von Humboldt Senior US Scientist Award, 1982 Frederick Emmons Award, 1974 IEEE W. R. G. Baker Prize Award, 1973 IEEE Browder J. Thompson Memorial Prize Award, 1973 and he holds several honoris cause doctorates.

From the reviews: "This book contains a great deal of some central topics and actual problems of cellular automata theory. It is an introduction which emphasizes the mathematically interesting and beauty aspects of cellular automata and complex dynamical systems as well as their synthesis on an ambitious level suitable for graduate students and researchers. ... To understand the complex computational world, the authors stress that cellular automata are an excellent instructional tool." (Hasan Akin, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1237, 2012)

• Introduction: Leibniz,Turing Zuse, and Beyond.- Simplicity in the Unviverse of Cellular Automata.- Complexity in the Universe of Cellular Automata.- Symmetry in the Universe of Cellular Automata.- Attractors in the Universe of Cellular Automata.- Time in the Universe of Cellular Automata.- Matter in the Universe of Cellular Automata.- Life and Brain in the Universe of Cellular Automata.- Outlook: Is the Universe a Computer?.