The Nature of Code

这不是一本普通的编程教程，而是一场关于'涌现'的实验。作者把高中物理搬进屏幕：力、振动、粒子系统、分形、元胞自动机，读者亲手让简单的个体规则运行起来，却意外看到难以预测的群体行为——一只只小点聚成迁徙的鸟群，无序中自行组织出秩序。最打动人的是那种'失控'般的惊喜：你并不控制每一只，却见证了整体的生命感。它适合愿意动手、对生成艺术与交互设计感兴趣的人，也适合读过《失控》、想理解复杂系统的人。当然，皮亚诺曲线和科赫曲线会让一部分人皱眉，但正是这种'够硬'，让它区别于速成教程——读完你会重新理解'模拟自然'这件事。

of arts in mathematics and philosophy from Yale University and his master's degree from ITP. He develops tutorials, examples, and libraries for Processing, the open-source programming language and environment created by Casey Reas and Ben Fry. He is also the author of Learning Processing: A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (2008).