The Garden in the Machine

The Emerging Science of Artificial Life

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Emmeche, Claus

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

220 Seiten

Englisch

Princeton University Presserschienen am19.09.1996

What is life? Is it just the biologically familiar - birds, trees, snails, people - or is it an infinitely complex set of patterns that a computer could simulate? This book outlines many of the challenges and controversies involved in the dynamic and curious science of artificial life.mehr

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KlappentextWhat is life? Is it just the biologically familiar - birds, trees, snails, people - or is it an infinitely complex set of patterns that a computer could simulate? This book outlines many of the challenges and controversies involved in the dynamic and curious science of artificial life.

Details

ISBN/GTIN978-0-691-02903-0

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Princeton University Press

Erscheinungsjahr1996

Erscheinungsdatum19.09.1996

Seiten220 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 127 mm, Höhe 203 mm, Dicke 14 mm

Gewicht270 g

Artikel-Nr.12085776

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GenreNaturwissenschaft/Umwelt/Technik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceAcknowledgementsCh. 1The Game of Life3Ch. 2What Is Life?23Ch. 3The Logic of Self-Reproduction47Ch. 4Artificial Growth and Evolution71Ch. 5The Ecology of Computation110Ch. 6The Biology of the Impossible134Ch. 7Simulating Life: Postmodern Science156Notes167Index189mehr

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Can life be synthesized? Emmeche suggests in his fascinating book an approach to this question by means of computer simulation of living processes ... [and] tackles the posed questions with great insight.mehr