Author: Craig Nova
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: wetware
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-04-08
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 1400031176
ISBN-13: 9781400031177

As a programmer for Galapagos Wetware, Hal Briggs is responsible for writing the genetic code for simple, efficient creatures to be employed in menial jobs–sweeping streets or washing dishes. But the demands for “wetware” are changing, and Briggs is given a project that calls for more sophisticated models: clients are demanding more human appearance and behavior.As the project progresses, Briggs finds himself endowing the new models with more than the specifications dictate, giving them distinct personalities and talents and highly developed acumens. When two of his pet projects, Jack an

Author: Dennis Bray
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: cell, living, computer, wetware
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2009-05-26
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0300141734
ISBN-13: 9780300141733

How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements without the benefit of a nervous system? This book offers a startling and original answer. In clear, jargon-free language, Dennis Bray taps the findings of the new discipline of systems biology to show that the internal chemistry of living cells is a form of computation. Cells are built out of molecular circuits that perform logical operations, as electronic devices do, but with unique properties. Br

Authors:Christof Teuscher, Andrew Adamatzky,
Publisher: Luniver Press
Keywords: wetware, automata, cellular, computing, unconventional
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-01-31
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 095511702X
ISBN-13: 9780955117022

Author: Andy Hunt
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Keywords: pragmatic, programmers, wetware, learning, thinking, refactor
Number of Pages: 279
Published: 2008-10-28
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1934356050
ISBN-13: 9781934356050

Together we’ll journey together through bits of cognitive and neuroscience, learning and behavioral theory. You’ll discover some surprising aspects of how our brains work, and see how you can beat the system to improve your own learning and thinking skills. In this book you’ll learn how to: Use the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to become more expert Leverage the architecture of the brain to strengthen different thinking modes Avoid common "known bugs" in your mind Learn more deliberately and more effectively Manage knowledge more efficiently Software development happe