
Computer Recreations, June 1989
A potpourri of programmed prose and prosody
A potpourri of programmed prose and prosody
Simulated Evolution: wherein bugs learn to hunt bacteria
A matter fabricator provides matter for thought
Of worms, viruses and Core War
A tour of the Mandelbrot set aboard the Mandelbus
People puzzles: theme and variations
Random walks that lead to fractal crowds
On making and breaking codes:
On making and breaking codes: Part I
Old and new three-dimensional mazes
The hodgepodge machine makes waves
How to pan for primes in numerical gravel
Imagination meets geometry in the crystalline realm of latticeworks
The invisible professor holds a chalk-talk session on the display monitor
An ancient rope-and-pulley computer is unearthed in the jungle of Apraphul
A home computer laboratory in which balls become gases, liquids and critical masses
A blind watchmaker surveys the land of biomorphs
Nanotechnology: wherein molecular computers control tiny circulatory submarines
Simple special effects illustrate the art of converting algorithms into programs
Beauty and profundity: the Mandelbrot set and a flock of its cousins called Julia
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