| Description |
192 pages ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Pelican books, 1376 |
| Contents |
Phantasy and experience -- Phantasy and communication -- Pretence and elusion -- Counterpoint of experience -- Coldness of death -- Complementary identity -- Confirmation and disconfirmation -- Collusion -- False and untenable positions -- Attributions and injunctions |
| Summary |
Publisher description: Digital biology is an intriguing glimpse into the future of technology by one of the most creative thinkers working in computer science today. As Peter J. Bentley explains, the next giant step in computing technology is already under way as computer scientists attempt to create digital universes that replicate the natural world. Within these digital universes, we will evolve solutions to problems, construct digital brains that can learn and think, and use immune systems to trap and destroy computer viruses. The biological world is the model for the next generation of computer software. By adapting the principles of biology, computer scientists will make it possible for computers to function as the natural world does. In practical terms, this will mean that we will soon have "smart" devices, such as houses that will keep the temperature as we like it and automobiles that will start only for drivers they recognize (through voice recognition or other systems) and that will navigate highways safely and with maximum fuel efficiency. Computers will soon be powerful enough and small enough that they can become part of clothing. "Digital agents" will be able to help us find a bank or restaurant in a city that we have never visited before, even as we walk through the airport. Miniature robots may even be incorporated into our bodies to monitor our health. Digital Biology is also an exploration of biology itself from a new perspective. We must understand how nature works in its most intimate detail before we can use these same biological processes inside our computers. Already scientists engaged in this work have gained new insights into the elegant simplicity of the natural universe |
| Analysis |
Interpersonal relations |
|
Interpersonal relationships |
|
Psychiatry - Cases, clinical reports, statistics |
| Notes |
Includes index |
|
This ed. first published: London : Tavistock Pubications, 1969 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 181-185 |
| Subject |
Interpersonal relations.
|
|
Psychiatry -- Cases, clinical reports, statistics
|
|
Psychology, Pathological -- Case studies.
|
|
Psychology, Pathological.
|
|
Ego.
|
|
Interpersonal Relations.
|
|
Psychology.
|
| LC no. |
72175868 |
| ISBN |
0140134670 (paperback) |
|
0140213767 |
|
