Natural Computing: Dna, Quantum Bits, and the Future of Smart Machines

by Dennis E. Shasha and Cathy A. Lazere

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393336832
• ISBN13: 9780393336832
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.2"