{"product_id":"artificial-life-a-report-from-the-frontier-where-computers-meet-biology-paperback","title":"Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Levy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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?\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003cbr\u003eWhat 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. \u003cbr\u003eBut 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Levy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHackers\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been in print for more than 15 years, as well as\u003ci\u003e Insanely Great: The Life \u0026amp; Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also \u003ci\u003eNewsweek's \u003c\/i\u003echief technology writer and has been a contributing writer to \u003ci\u003eWired \u003c\/i\u003esince its inception. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.5 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491615338803,"sku":"9780679743897","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Zy9ReHU0OFFyY0FzRDBvakhNcFgwUT09.webp?v=1759921112","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/artificial-life-a-report-from-the-frontier-where-computers-meet-biology-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}