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Artificial life, a field that seeks to increase the role of synthesis in the study of biological phenomena, has great potential, both for unlocking the secrets of life and for raising a host of disturbing issues -- scientific and technical as well as philosophical and ethical. This book brings toget...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Langton, Christopher G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995.
©1995
Series:Complex adaptive systems
Subjects:
Biological systems > Computer simulation.
Biological systems > Simulation methods.
Artificial intelligence.
Biology > Use of > Computers
COMPUTER SCIENCE/Artificial Intelligence
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Artificial life, a field that seeks to increase the role of synthesis in the study of biological phenomena, has great potential, both for unlocking the secrets of life and for raising a host of disturbing issues -- scientific and technical as well as philosophical and ethical. This book brings together a series of overview articles that appeared in the first three issues of the groundbreaking journal Artificial Life, along with a new introduction by Christopher Langton, Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Life, founder of the discipline, and Director of the Artificial Life Program at the Santa Fe Institute.
Item Description:"A Bradford book."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 340 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
ISBN:0585036152
9780585036151
9780262121897
0262121891
0262277921
9780262277921
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/1427.001.0001