In this groundbreaking book Manuel DeLanda analyzes different genres of simulation from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems as a means to conceptualize the space of possibilities<br/>associated with casual and other capacities.<br/><br/>This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophies of technology emergence and science at all levels.