Books like A new kind of science

A new kind of science by Stephen Wolfram reads as analytical, groundbreaking. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Quark and the Jaguar

Murray Gell-Mann · 1994

Both explore complexity

70% genome match

The fractal geometry of nature

Benoît B. Mandelbrot · 1982

Both explore complexity

67% genome match

Out of control

Kevin Kelly · 1994

Both explore complexity

67% genome match

The fabric of reality

David Deutsch · 1997

Both explore computation

83% genome match

Physics for scientists and engineers

Paul A. Tipler · 1990

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Physics

Douglas C. Giancoli · 1980

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Quantum Mechanics

Leonard Susskind · 2014

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Quantum computation and quantum information

Michael A. Nielsen · 2000

Both explore computation

56% genome match

Mind and Nature

Gregory Bateson · 1979

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The recursive universe

William Poundstone · 1984

Both explore complexity

57% genome match

The society of mind

Marvin Minsky · 1986

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

Gerald Jay Sussman · 2001

Both explore computation

58% genome match