Computing is a natural science

2007/07/01 by Peter J. Denning · 3 citations
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms #Cellular Automata and Applications #Scientific Computing and Data Management

paper · doi:10.1145/1272516.1272529

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Abstract

Information processes and computation continue to be found abundantly in the deep structures of many fields. Computing is not---in fact, never was---a science only of the artificial.

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