The first deconstruction of my chapter is a garden arrangement of classic recursive structures. The structures are similar to trees and have been enhanced to make this representation clearer. Each structure is as unique as a snowflake. They are arranged in a grid so you may observe each individual specimen, or view them as a comparative whole.

One of my favorite areas of computer science is combinatorics, or the complete manifestation of all possible combinations in a discrete system. Here, I have created a small 15-bit combinatoric system of constructions affectionately called Invaders.

The Invaders in turn occupy Spaceships, that recursive fit into a region, giving the fractal-like appearance of the first image above.

The entire process, from the mathematics of putting together each Invader, to the naming of the layers in the project file, is explained in detail within the pages of the chapter. Variations of the theme exist on the CD-ROM that accompanies the book.

A binary network is a collection of switches tied together in an ad-hoc network. Each switch can be in one of two states: off or on, charged or uncharged, 0 or 1. A giant system wide clock determines when the nodes change state, and all nodes change state at precisely the same time.