Natural Computing: DNA, Quantum Bits, and the Future of Smart Machines
Reports from the cutting edge, where physics and biology are changing the fundamental assumptions of computing.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…
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Weitere Autoren: Lazere, Cathy
- ISBN: 978-0-393-07719-3
- EAN: 9780393077193
- Produktnummer: 34246128
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'566 KB
- Abbildungen: 50 illustrations
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.
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