Artificial life : an overview /
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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Μορφή: | Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
c1995.
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Σειρά: | Complex adaptive systems
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1721 |
Περίληψη: | 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. |
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Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | "A Bradford book." |
Φυσική περιγραφή: | 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (xi, 340 σ., [6] σ. με πίνακες) : εικ. (μερικές έγχρ.). |
Βιβλιογραφία: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0585036152 9780585036151 9780262121897 0262121891 0262277921 9780262277921 |