The garden in the machine : the emerging science of artificial life /

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? What role does intelligence play in separating the organic from the inorganic, the living from the inert? Does life evolve along a predes...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Emmeche, Claus, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Danés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1994.
Series:Princeton science library.
Subjects:
Biological systems > Computer simulation.
Biology > Philosophy.
Life.
Life
Systèmes biologiques > Simulation par ordinateur.
Biologie > Philosophie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Biological systems > Computer simulation
Biology > Philosophy
Künstliches Leben
Kunstmatig leven.
Voortplantingstechnieken.
Zelfbestuiving.
Simulatiespelen.
Biochips.
Artificial intelligence.
Vie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The Game of Life
  • Ch. 2. What Is Life?
  • Ch. 3. The Logic of Self-Reproduction
  • Ch. 4. Artificial Growth and Evolution
  • Ch. 5. The Ecology of Computation
  • Ch. 6. The Biology of the Impossible
  • Ch. 7. Simulating Life: Postmodern Science.

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