Parallel Minds : Discovering the Intelligence of Materials.

Tripaldi, Laura.

Parallel Minds : Discovering the Intelligence of Materials. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (123 pages)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword, by Matteo De Giuli -- Introduction -- 1. Arachne's Web -- 1.1 The Missing Majority -- 1.2 A Spider's Work -- 1.3 Structure and Function -- 1.4 Weaving the Future -- 2. A Many-Headed Thing -- 2.1 Hydra -- 2.2 Intelligent Jelly -- 2.3 Under the Skin -- 2.4 Being in the World -- 2.5 Through the Looking-Glass -- 3. The Pattern Which Connects -- 3.1 Golem -- 3.2 Thinking Complexity -- 3.3 Bricks and Atoms -- 3.4 Synthesising Complexity -- 3.5 Back to the Mind -- 4. Living Monsters -- 4.1 Artificial Lives -- 4.2 Inorganic Organisms -- 4.3 Other Forms of Lyfe -- 4.4 Life and Information -- 4.5 The Promises of Monsters -- 5. What the Future is Made Of -- 5.1 Minds in the Web -- 5.2 Arachne 2.0 -- 5.3 Weavers of the Future -- 5.4 Ariadne's Thread -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography.

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