Artificial Life by Steven Levy

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Artificial Life by Steven Levy

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Summary

Looks at artificial life science - A-Life, an important new area of scientific research. The book argues that current scientific developments have led to a point where scientists have created, within the wiring of these machines, something that closely simulates life.

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Artificial Life by Steven Levy

This book looks at artificial life science - A-Life, an important new area of scientific research involving the disciplines of microbiology, evolutionary theory, physics, chemistry and computer science. In the 1940s a mathematician named John von Neumann, a man with a claim to being the father of the modern computer, invented a hypothetical mathematical entity called a cellular automaton. His aim was to construct a machine that could reproduce itself. In the years since, with the development of hugely more sophisticated and complex computers, von Neumann's insights have gradually led to a point where scientists have created, within the wiring of these machines, something that so closely simulates life that it may, arguably, be called life. This machine reproduces itself, mutates, evolves through generations and dies.

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ISBN 13 9780140231052
ISBN 10 0140231056
Title Artificial Life
Author Steven Levy
Series Penguin Science
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1993-10-07
Number of pages 400
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.