Harmony-Seeking Computations: A Science of Non-Classical Dynamics Based on the Progressive Evolution of the Larger Whole (Revised and expanded vesion of the keynote speech at the International Workshop “The Grand Challenge in Non-Classical Computation”)

80-page edited version of the paper by Christopher Alexander, done with Susan Stepney, while it was prepared for publication in the “International Journal for Unconventional Computing (IJUC).

In architecture, as in other things, the "right" sequence is of vital importance. It is a generative sequence of progressive differentiations, which allow space to unfold in the right order. Each differentiation acts on the product of the previous ...

“The Phenomenon of Life”, the first volume of “The Nature of Order” series proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for ...

“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...

Christopher Alexander gave the keynote speech on “Harmony-Seeking Computations”, responding to Grand Challenge’s long-term research aspirations that seek to explore and unify the many diverse non-classical computational paradigms, to produce a fully mature and rich science of all forms of ...