Dennis E. Shasha

Natural Computing: Dna, Quantum Bits, and the Future of Smart Machines

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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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lazere, Cathy

ISBN: 978-0-393-33683-2
EAN: 9780393336832
Produktnummer: 5183726
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H21.1 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.9 cm 251 g
Auflage: New
Gewicht: 251

Über den Autor

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