Artificial Life Lab/Book and Disk [Paperback]

Rudy V. B. Rucker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1993

Tinker with the processes governing life and evolution. The Bugland A-Life program for Windows contains animated icons and Sound Blaster-compatible sound. As a silicon geneticist, the user can design creatures and see them give birth, fight, breed and perish through the 3-D glasses provided.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Waite Group Pr; Har/Dskt edition (December 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878739484
• ISBN-13: 978-1878739483
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,869,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but..., September 12, 2004

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This review is from: Artificial Life Lab/Book and Disk (Paperback)

I recently read this book and worked with the programs. Although it's a bit dated, I don't think the core basics have changed much. I like the author's visionary style, and the concept behind the book and accompanying software program; i.e. to give intermediate computer users an intro to artifical life via cellular automata. However, I was confused in the second chapter by some hazy explanations in computation examples, and a few apparent typo's in the Turing machine programming code examples - not too cool. This unnecessary situation caused me to waste time by having to read the chapter twice, and more slowly. Other than that, a stimulating book.