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It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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

Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology (SOFTCOVER CONDITION GOOD-PUBLISHED BY VINTAGE BOOKS-COPYRIGHT 1992-390 PAGES) by Steven Levy (Author) This enthralling book alerts us to nothing less than the existence of new vari Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology (SOFTCOVER CONDITION GOOD-PUBLISHED BY VINTAGE BOOKS-COPYRIGHT 1992-390 PAGES) by Steven Levy (Author) This enthralling book alerts us to nothing less than the existence of new varieties of life. Some of these species can move and eat, see, reproduce, and die. Some behave like birds or ants. One such life form may turn out to be our best weapon in the war against AIDS. What these species have in common is that they exist inside computers, their DNA is digital, and they have come into being not through God's agency but through the efforts of a generation of scientists who seek to create life in silico. But even as it introduces us to these brilliant heretics and unravels the intricacies of their work. Artificial Life examines its subject's dizzying philosophical implications: Is a self-replicating computer program any less alive than a flu virus? Are carbon-and-water-based entities merely part of the continuum of living things? And is it possible that one day "a-life" will look back at human beings and dismiss us as an evolutionary way station--or, worse still, a dead end?

The text appears clean, but may contain minor marks that we missed, the cover

The text appears clean, but may contain minor marks that we missed, the cover is in nice condition. 390 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; ISBN: 0679743898. ISBN/EAN: 9780679743897. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560769670.

Book is New, In Excellent condition. 390 pages. Multiple copies available

Book is New, In Excellent condition. 390 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 5. Category: Computers & Internet; Biology; Science & Technology. ISBN: 0679743898. ISBN/EAN: 9780679743897. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560748299.