Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-285) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Darwin's Evolving Legacy -- Why Are We? -- Life : A Great Organization -- Evolution : Never Mind the Gonads, Here's the Real Agenda -- Binary Acorns : The Science of Artificial Life -- Oscillating Paradigms -- Ah, But Can Nature Pass an IQ Test? -- Close Encounters of the NI Kind -- Symbiosis : Making Sense Together -- Attractors and the Evolutionary Emergence of Mind -- The Conscious Tree of Life -- Epilogue: A Walk on the Wild Side.