La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caos
There has been a close relationship between machines and biology since ages. Men have always produced automata in order to imitate nature, as well as to better know the secrets of life through the observation of machines. From Descartes’s automata to the new kind of machines, such as computers, the...
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| Language: | English |
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2014-12-01
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| Summary: | There has been a close relationship between machines and biology since ages. Men have always produced automata in order to imitate nature, as well as to better know the secrets of life through the observation of machines. From Descartes’s automata to the new kind of machines, such as computers, the research in biology has been growing and has revealed that the border between natural and artificial, organic and inorganic is more and more fragile. |
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| ISSN: | 2036-2927 |