Screen LibraryNatural computing：DNA, quantum bits, and the future of smart machines
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W.W. Norton,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 268 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. ; 21 cm. |
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9780393336832 (pbk.) 0393336832 |
| Index Number: | TP18 |
| CLC: | TP18 |
| Call Number: | TP18/S532 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-250) and index. Adaptive computing. Rodney Brooks : animals rule ; Glenn Reeves and Adrian Stoica : design for a faraway planet ; Louis Qualls : putting evolution on the design team ; Jake Loveless and Amrut Bharambe : riding the Big One ; Nancy Leveson : "It's the system, stupid" -- Harnessing lifestuff. Ned Seeman : at the edge of life ; Paul Rothemund : lifestuff imitates art ; Steve Skiena : programming bugs ; Gerald Sussman : building a billion biocomputers ; Radhika Nagpal : from local to global -- Physics and speed. Monty Denneau : the architect of speed ; David Shaw : Anton and the giant Femtoscope ; Jonathan Mills : doing what comes naturally ; Scott Aaronson : finding a new law of physics -- Natural computing time line. The stories in this book draw from interviews with leading scientists. The authors present a vision of computing that will change not only computer science but also fields as disparate as finance, engineering, and medicine.--[book cover] |