Download or read book The Garden in the Machine written by Claus Emmeche and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-19 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is life? Is it just the biologically familiar--birds, trees, snails, people--or is it an infinitely complex of patterns that a computer could simulate? Emmeche outlines many of the challenges and controversies involved in the dynamic and curious science of artifical life, touching on every aspect of this complex and rapidly developing discipline. 1 halftone. 25 figs.