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Book Cover for: Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology, Steven Levy

Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology

Steven Levy

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Even as molecular biologists attempt to reproduce life in vitro, another group of scientists is creating life--or something very close to it--in silico, using computers to produce "organisms" that can move, see, feed, reproduce, and die. Photos.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: Jul 27th, 1993
  • Pages: 400
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.48in - 1.02in - 1.12lb
  • EAN: 9780679743897
  • Categories: • Artificial Intelligence - General• Biotechnology• Free Will & Determinism

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About the Author

Steven Levy is the author of Hackers, which has been in print for more than 15 years, as well as Insanely Great: The Life & Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything. He is also Newsweek's chief technology writer and has been a contributing writer to Wired since its inception. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

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"We used to think we knew what life is [but] not any more. 'Artificial life' has become a strange and exciting frontier of modern science...and Steven Levy makes an ideal tour guide." -- James Gleick.

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