Checking the covers of paperbacks for bits from our reviews is a pleasant
chore. But do the quotes give the true savour of the book? Yes, in the case of
George Dyson鈥檚 Darwin Among the Machines: 鈥淚t reads as though the poet Robert
Frost had popped ecstasy in the company of Alan Turing.鈥� This intriguing
application of evolutionary theory to computers was reviewed in 21 June 1997.
Published by Penguin, 拢8.99, ISBN 0140267441.
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