# Toward a Practice of Autonomous Systems

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- Authors: [Francisco J. Varela-Gandía](https://www.bookquiver.com/francisco-j-varela-gandia), [Paul Bourgine](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-bourgine)
- Publisher: bradford_books
- ISBN: 978-02-6272-019-9
- Pages: 534
- Published: 1992-04-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Artificial life embodies a recent and important conceptual step in modem science: asserting that the core of intelligence and cognitive abilities is the same as the capacity for living. The recent surge...