Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence (Helix Books)

Dyson, George B. (Andrew Lange)

ISBN 10: 0738200301 / ISBN 13: 9780738200309

Published by U.S.A.: Basic Books, 1998

About this Item

SIGNED and inscribed for the late Cal Tech astrophysicist Andrew Lange on title page, and visible in photo. Rear tips lightly bumped, and a 1/4 inch pressure dent on back at base of spine--visible in photo. Light soiling on bottom text block near fore edge--visible in last photo. Book interior is fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence (Helix Books)
• Publisher: U.S.A.: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738200301
• ISBN 13: 9780738200309
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In this astonishing prediction of the World Wide Web's ultimate challenge to human civilization--a globally networked, electronic, sentient being--Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives, work, and ideas of visionaries who foresaw the development of artificial intelligence, artificial life, and the global mind.

About the Author

George B. Dyson was born in 1953, the year that Nils Barricelli first used John von Neumann’s electronic computer at the Institute for Advanced Study, where Dyson spent his childhood, to perform experiments with artificial evolution and artificial life. He has been keeping watch on the relationship between nature and technology ever since.