Serendipity machine
a voyage of discovery through the unexpected world of computers
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Author
Publication
2004 - Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia
Language
English
Word Count
51,500 words, Guess
Page Count
206 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3458589M
- ISBN-10186508655X
- OCLC Control Number56653004
- OCLC Control Numberserendipitymachi0000gree
- Library of Congress Control Number2005391940
and 2 more
- LibraryThing2604837
- Goodreads385965
Classifications
- DDC004
- LCCT58.5 .G724 2004
Description
"The Serendipity Machine helps us make sense of recent developments in information technolgy. It explains how innovations such as data mining and evolutionary computing deal with complexity by exploiting serendipity. It looks at possibilities raised by new technologies of personal agents and virtual communities. And it examines the growing influence of computers in new fields including biotechnology, environmental management and electronic commerce." "It also reveals surprising connections between computing and everyday life. What do handbags, platypuses and traffic congestion have to do with computing? Why is computing becoming more and more like electricity supply? And why do computer scientists increasingly look to nature for inspiration?" "The Serendipity Machine is a trek through the new worlds of information technology with plenty of chance discovery on the way."--Jacket.
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