| Details | | Publication Date: | 1993-08-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 390 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 13.6 oz |
Publisher's Note Even as molecular biologists attempt to reproduce life in vitro, another group of scientists is creating life--or something very close to it--in silico, using computers to produce "organisms" that can move, see, feed, reproduce, and die. Photos.
Industry Reviews Science journalist Levy ( Hackers: heroes of the computer revolution ) tells the fascinating story of how scientists from many fields -- chemists, physicists, computer scientists, microbiologists, and evolutionary theorists -- are harnessing the powers and possibilities of the computer to depict and create biological processes like natural selection, adaptation, and reproduction, previously associated only with organic life forms. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Le Vine
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