Manuel De Landa, philosopher and science writer, is known for his work on nonlinear dynamics, theories of self-organization, artificial life and intelligence, chaos theory, architecture, and history of science. He began his career as an independent filmmaker, and went on to become a computer programmer and artist before emerging as one of the leading theorists of the electronic age.

Among Prof. De Landa’s books are War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History, and Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy.