CREATION: LIFE AND HOW TO MAKE IT by Grand, Steve ISBN 0297643916
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This is an authoritative and comprehensive tour of the frontiers of the burgeoning science of the creation of artificial life. The author surveys what has been achieved so far and looks at future possibilities for generating autonomous, intelligent, even conscious living things.
Mankind now has within its grasp the power to synthesize true artificial life, playing out Dr Frankenstein's dream in both cyberspace and the real world. In this book, Steve Grand, a leading exponent of artificial life, provides the first authoritative and comprehensive tour of the frontiers of this burgeoning new creation. He surveys what has been achieved so far and looks at future possibilities for generating autonomous, intelligent, even conscious living things. The fundamental questions he tackles range widely: what is life? What should the minds, brains and bodies of these new life forms be like? What philosophical guidelines and computational frameworks are necessary? How much can we learn from the evolution of natural life forms? What are the practical, social and ethical implications of this research? At the heart of this brilliantly accessible and thought-provoking book is the author's unique imaginative vision - a vision based on his experience of making some of the most adv anced artificial life currently available. The secret of success, he argues, lies in emulating nature's way and working from the bottom up. This groundbreaking book reveals the details of how to do this and challenges how we think about the meaning of life.
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[edit] Title
CREATION: LIFE AND HOW TO MAKE IT
[edit] Author
Grand, Steve
[edit] ISBN
0297643916
[edit] Published
09/11/2000
[edit] Publisher
George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
[edit] Binding
hardback
[edit] Retail Price
18.99 (GBP)
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18.99 (GBP)
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