Cellular Automata From First Principles
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Cellular Automata From First Principles — Working Ledger

Book intention

Use cellular automata as a compact laboratory for understanding how simple local rules generate dynamics, persistent structure, computation, and surprising global behaviour.

Book state: NOT REVIEWED
Review ladder: UNREVIEWED → STRUCTURE OK → CONTENT OK → PROSE OK → DONE

Bootstrap note

This book currently contains 59 chapter files (00–58). In this first editorial-state pass, every chapter is registered below so the whole book is visible from GitHub. Titles and chapter jobs have not been inferred or invented; — means “verify from the chapter front matter when first opened.” Populate those cells as the book is reviewed.

Chapter ledger

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Book-level questions to resolve during review

  • Does a 59-chapter sequence have a visible conceptual spine, or has the material grown beyond the shape of one book?
  • Which chapters establish fundamentals, which introduce canonical patterns, and which explore computational/emergent consequences?
  • Where is repetition pedagogically useful, and where are multiple chapters solving the same explanatory job?
  • Does the book move from local rules toward global behaviour in a way the reader can feel, rather than merely accumulating examples?
  • Which material belongs here versus a more experimental Digital Life-style treatment of persistence, organization, and computation?
  • Is there a natural smaller set of parts or sections that would make the long sequence easier to reason about before sentence-level editing begins?

Current next action

This is not the active book. When it becomes active, start at 00-chapter.md, verify its canonical title and intended role, and replace the corresponding — cells as part of that review.