Natural Computing (DNA, Quantum Bits, and the Future of Smart Machines)
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Product Details
Author:
Dennis E. Shasha, Cathy Lazere
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company (May 17, 2010)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780393336832
ISBN-10:
0393336832
Weight:
8.56oz
Dimensions:
5.5" x 8.2" x 0.8"
Case Pack:
36
File:
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$16.95
Publisher Identifier:
P-WWN
Discount Code:
B
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Imprint:
W. W. Norton & Company
Overview
Computers built from DNA, bacteria, or foam. Robots that fix themselves on Mars. Bridges that report when they are aging. This is the bizarre and fascinating world of Natural Computing. Computer scientist and Scientific American’s “Puzzling Adventures” columnist Dennis Shasha here teams up with journalist Cathy Lazere to explore the outer reaches of computing. Drawing on interviews with fifteen leading scientists, the authors present an unexpected vision: the future of computing is a synthesis with nature. That vision will change not only computer science but also fields as disparate as finance, engineering, and medicine. Space engineers are at work designing machines that adapt to extreme weather and radiation. “Wetware” processing built on DNA or bacterial cells races closer to reality. One scientist’s “extended analog computer” measures answers instead of calculating them using ones and zeros. In lively, readable prose, Shasha and Lazere take readers on a tour of the future of smart machines.
