Editions

Darwin Among the Machines

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780718194574

  • Length: 304  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 223g

  • RRP: £10.99

Darwin Among the Machines

'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

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780718194574

  • Length: 304  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 17mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 223g

  • RRP: £10.99

Reviews

  • 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

    Nature

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About the Author

George Dyson

George Dyson is a historian of technology and the author of several books including Turing's Cathedral, Project Orion and Darwin Among the Machines. His subjects range from the development (and redevelopment) of the Aleut kayak to the evolution of artificial intelligence.

George Dyson

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