

Building the world out of information and computation
is God a programmer, not a mathematician?
pp. 431-438
in: Shyam Wuppuluri, Francisco A. Doria (eds), The map and the territory, Berlin, Springer, 2018Abstract
We discuss the ideas of Leibniz on complexity and developments three centuries later. Among the topics considered: What is an appropriate mathematical framework for thinking about biology? We propose studying the evolution of mutating software. Originally presented at a Turin meeting Leibniz's Visions Three Centuries After.