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Cellular automata (CA) are captivating in the stark simplicity and economical elegance of their rules, astonishing in the intricate behavior which often results from the mechanical repetition of their basic algorithms. The recent, comprehensive book of Chopard and Droz, "Cellular Automata Modeling of Physical Systems," does a good job at conveying the excitement involved in their research...