Artificial Life Iii

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Artificial Life Iii is written by Christopher G. Langton and published by Westview Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0201624923 (ISBN 10) and 9780201624922 (ISBN 13).

Artificial Life is the study of man-made systems that exhibit behaviors characteristic of natural living systems, such as self-organization, reproduction, development, and even evolution. It complements the traditional biological sciences concerned with the analysis of living organisms by attempting to synthesize and study life-like behaviors within computers or other alternative media. By extending the empirical foundation upon which biology rests beyond the carbon-chain based life that has evolved on Earth, Artificial Life can contribute to the theoretical biology by locating life-as-we-know-it within the larger context of life-as-it-could-be, in any of its possible physical incarnations."