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Introduction to Artificial Life
Christoph Adami
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paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PB; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 751.
Life is so diverse and complex that is seems impossible to extract the general principles governing each individual living system. Fortunately, however, the unrelenting growth of the power of modern computers has opened up entirely unexpected avenues of opportunity for us in exploring the construction of artificial living systems. This has created the possibility to design and conduct dedicated experiments with these systems, and has generated interest in the idea of formulating a set of "general principles of the living state" which are quite independent of a particular implementation. Such a "theory of living systems" might equally well-predict the outcome ... Read more
Life is so diverse and complex that is seems impossible to extract the general principles governing each individual living system. Fortunately, however, the unrelenting growth of the power of modern computers has opened up entirely unexpected avenues of opportunity for us in exploring the construction of artificial living systems. This has created the possibility to design and conduct dedicated experiments with these systems, and has generated interest in the idea of formulating a set of "general principles of the living state" which are quite independent of a particular implementation. Such a "theory of living systems" might equally well-predict the outcome ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461272311
SKU
V9781461272311
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99-15
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