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Dev tools · January 7, 2017

Nature of Code

Learn to program computer simulations of natural systems

Nature of Code launched on January 7, 2017 with 107 votes, #388 of 3,693 launches that month.

What it does

How can we capture the unpredictable evolutionary and emergent properties of nature in software? How can understanding the mathematical principles behind our physical world help us to create digital worlds? This book focuses on the programming strategies and techniques behind computer simulations of natural systems using Processing.

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