Darwin Among the Machines
  • Published: 1 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9780718194574
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $27.99

Darwin Among the Machines

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'Brilliantly fuses the development of evolutionary theory and computing . . . prophetic' Daily Telegraph

'Full of historical anecdotes . . . but this is much more than a history book. [George Dyson] weaves his threads together for a purpose. Using voices of the past and present, he describes a fresh and sometimes startling viewpoint of the emerging relationship between nature and machines. From vignettes about Olaf Stapledon, George Boole, John von Neumann, and Samuel Butler, a larger story develops in which the twin processes of intelligence and evolution are inseparably intertwined' Danny Hillis, Wired
  • Published: 1 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9780718194574
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $27.99
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About the author

George Dyson

George Dyson is a science historian as well as a boat designer and builder. He is also the author of Baidarka, Project Orion, and Darwin Among the Machines.

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Praise for Darwin Among the Machines

One of the most original and intriguing books of the last two decades

John Naughton, Guardian

A very deep and important book, beautifully written

Oliver Sacks

A book that can be read as literature, whether or not you have any interest in computers and machine intelligence . . . satisfying, edifying and accessible

John Gribbin

An extraordinarily exciting, intriguing and very idiosyncratic book

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