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Nature 450, 612 (29 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/450612a; Published online 28 November 2007
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Is artificial life moving any closer?
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BOOK REVIEWED-Genesis Redux
edited by Jessica Riskin
University of Chicago Press: 2007. 389 pp. $25, £16
BOOK REVIEWED-Beyond Human
by Gregory Benford & Elisabeth Malartre
Tor/Forge: 2007. 272 pp. $24.95
Three vinyl toys stand on my office bookshelf: the Golem, Frankenstein's monster and the Terminator — a reminder that automatons of the imagination have been with us for a long time. The synthesis of life in both the past and future is discussed in two new books that open a window on to artificial life, enhanced life and robots.
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