Theory Of Self-Reproducing Automata.
“EVERYONE KNOWS THAT A MACHINE TOOL IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE ELEMENTS WHICH CAN BE MADE WITH IT”: First Edition of John Von Neumann's Theory Of Self Reproducing Automata
Theory Of Self-Reproducing Automata.
VON NEUMANN, John.
Item Number: 21009
Urbana: University of Illonois Press, 1966.
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition with a name to the front free endpaper.
John von Neumann's Universal Constructor is a self-replicating machine in a cellular automata (CA) environment. It was designed in the 1940s, without the use of a computer. The fundamental details of the machine were published in von Neumann's book Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata, completed in 1966 by Arthur W. Burks after von Neumann's death.
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