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Darwin Among the Machines George Dyson

Darwin Among the Machines By George Dyson

Darwin Among the Machines by George Dyson


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Summary

In this text, George Dyson argues that life, having first developed through biological evolution, is currently emerging once more, this time through the spontaneous evolution of intelligence within our rapidly expanding information networks.

Darwin Among the Machines Summary

Darwin Among the Machines by George Dyson

George Dyson argues that life, having first developed through biological evolution, is currently emerging once more, this time through the spontaneous evolution of intelligence within our rapidly expanding information networks. 'A very deep andimportant book, beautifully written.' - Oliver Sacks.

About George Dyson

George Dyson grew up at the Institute of Advanced Study, where such scientists as his father, Freeman Dyson, and John von Neumann laid the foundations for the Information Age.

Table of Contents

Leviathan; Darwin among the machines; the general wind; on computable numbers; the proving ground; rats in the cathedral; symbiogenesis; on distirbuted ciommunications; theory of games and economic behaviour; there's plenty of room at the top; last and first men; fiddling while Rome burns.

Additional information

GOR001319010
9780140267440
0140267441
Darwin Among the Machines by George Dyson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
19990225
304
N/A
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