Beyond Information

ion 203 acupuncture 171 adaptability 132 adaptation 40,199 AIDS 132 alarm system 177 algorithm 66,149,199 alphabet 98-99, 207 alter ego computers 187-189 Alzheimer's disease 165 amoeba 59,199,200 analogue information 139 analytical engine 113 animal culture 77-81 intelligence 28 anticipation 23,200 Ap/ysia 30-31 AQ11 128 ARPANET 130 artificial intelligence 104,107, 127-128,131-132,167175,204 Asimov 172 astrolabes 108 Atanasoff 116,135 atoms 196 auditory names 28 system 28 Automatic Subject Citation Alert(ASCA) 102 automation 162,193,109-110,122 axioms 35 8abbage 113-114,126,135 bacteria 46,59-61,74-75,200 BEAGLE 137-138 bees 23,202,203,207 dance 207 before printing 94-98 behaviour patterns 86 belief system 86, 100,211 Bell laboratories 115 Big Bang 196, 197 biocomputers 120-121 biological paradigms 137-138 biosphere 210,214 biotic systems 198, 199 biotissue 139 Boden 138 brain 30,139,140-144,157,164,201, 203,204 embryogenesis 140-141 evolution 96 power 207 research 157-158 structures 154 Braitenberg's robots 122-125 Braun 114 Bush 116, 135 calculating machine 113 calculators 112-114 CAM 138,141,148-150 carbon-based heteropolymers 212 Cartesian automaton 202 cataclysmic imperative 210 catalyst 9