Natural Computing DNA, Quantum Bits, and the Future of Smart Machines

Name: Natural Computing DNA, Quantum Bits, and the Future of Smart Machines
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ISBN: 9780393336832

ISBN-10: 0393336832

ISBN-13: 9780393336832

Edition: 2010

Authors: Cathy Lazere, Dennis Shasha

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List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

Dennis E. Shasha , professor of computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, writes the "Puzzling Adventures" column in Scientific American . He lives in New York City.



Preface



Adaptive Computing



Animals Rule




Design for a Faraway Planet




Putting Evolution on the Design Team




Riding the Big One




"It's the System, Stupid"




Harnessing Lifestuff



At the Edge of Life




Lifestuff Imitates Art




Programming Bugs




Building a Billion Biocomputers




From Local to Global




Physics and Speed



The Architect of Speed




Anton and the Giant Femtoscope




Doing What Comes Naturally




Finding a New Law of Physics



Epilogue


Natural Computing Time Line


Acknowledgments


References


Index