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Authors: George B. Dyson
Distant Early Warning (DEW Line) system,
146
DNA (deoxyribonucleic add),
27
,
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,
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,
123
,
128
,
189
,
217
Doctor Mirabilis (Roger Bacon),
212
Dollis Hill (U.K.),
65
DRAM (dynamic random-access memory),
8
.
see also
random-access memory
dual origin theory
duality, and Boolean algebra,
44
duels, in game theory and nuclear deterrence,
146
dugout canoe, as architectural metaphor,
214
Dyar, Harrison Gray,
141
Dyson, Esther,
xi-xii
Dyson, Freeman J.,
xi
on George Dyson (father),
222
on Institute for Advanced Study,
97
,
102
Dyson, George (1883â1964),
219â22
E
Early History of Data Networks
(Holzmann and Pehrson),
133
Eckert, John Presper,
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,
82
,
90â91
,
98
Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company,
90â91
,
147
computational,
122
,
185
,
187
,
189
,
207
,
226
economy and economics,
153
,
158â71
electronic, magnitude of,
167
and intelligence,
109
,
153
,
156
,
158â59
,
167â69
,
171
and meaning,
8
,
156
,
158â59
,
165
,
167â69
,
171
ecosystems, intelligence of,
186
Edelcrantz, Abraham (1754â1821),
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EDSAC (Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator),
124
EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer),
90â91
,
98
effective calculability,
54â55
,
57
Einstein, Albert (1879â1955),
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,
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Eiseley, Loren (1907â1977),
13
,
154
,
211
Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
76
“Electrical Model illustrating a Mind having a Will but capable of only Two Ideas” (Richardson),
87
electricity,
6
,
42
,
58â59
,
141
.
see also
currency
and Erasmus Darwin,
22â23
Nathaniel Hawthorne on,
211
electrodynamics, and Ampère,
6
,
141
electronic connectors, consumption of,
8
electronics,
130
,
198
,
202
.
see also
integrated circuits
;
microprocessors
;
vacuum tubes
and digital computing,
10
,
31
,
64â71
,
75
,
80â81
,
87â88
,
93â107
proliferation of,
8
,
30
,
91
,
167
,
203
electrons, nature of, and mind,
109
,
195
,
197â98
electrotherapy,
22
Elements of Electro-Biology
(Smee),
45
Eliot, T. S., on his residence at the IAS,
94
Ellsworth, Miss Annie,
142
emergence, of life and intelligence,
9
,
12
,
18
,
29
,
188
,
204
,
223â24
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer),
44
,
67
,
78
,
80â83
,
85
,
87â88
,
90
,
98
,
99
,
224
Enigma (cryptographic machine),
62â65
,
81
entelechies (Leibniz),
35
entomology, recombinant,
174
entropy, decrease of, and cost,
170
Entscheidungsproblem
,
54â55
,
57
Erewhon
(Butler),
16â17
,
24
,
26
,
226
Erewhon Revisited
(Butler),
17
error correction,
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,
133
,
150
,
156
,
189
Eskdalemuir (Scotland),
196
Essai d'Arithmétique Morale
(Buffon),
154
Essay on the Philosophy of Science
(Ampère),
6
Estrin, Gerald,
148
ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich),
78
eternity, and mind,
218
ether (electromagnetic),
195
evolution.
see also
symbiogenesis
;
Darwin, Charles
;
Darwin, Erasmus
;
Darwinism
;
Butler
acceleration of,
32
,
81
,
115
,
119
,
123
,
130
,
190â91
artificial,
111
,
113â21
,
123
,
125â28
,
184
,
215â16
Darwinian,
111
,
113â14
,
119
,
186
,
190
,
202
Darwinian, limits of,
30â31
,
115
,
186â87
,
188
,
190â91
,
217
intelligence of,
18
,
27
,
71
,
115
,
185â90
,
227â28
of intelligence,
18
,
82
,
109â110
,
219
,
223â24
progressive and regressive,
115
,
190
,
226
wastefulness of,
215
Evolution, Old and New
(Butler),
20
,
23
,
27
evolution, stellar,
83
Exchequer tallies,
162â64
,
165
excitation and inhibition, in neural nets,
46
,
159
F
Fahie, John J.,
140
Famous History of Frier Bacon
,
212â14
feathers, evolution of, and flight,
81
Fekete, Michael,
77
Ferranti Ltd.,
70
Feynman, Richard P. (1918â1988),
83â84
,
86
,
173â74
fiber optic communications,
7
,
8â9
,
203â204
,
207
Fiddling While Rome Bums
(Dyson),
221
field, computational,
216
Fine Hall (Princeton University),
58
,
96
firing tables (ballistic),
79â81
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC
(von Neumann),
90
First Year in Canterbury Settlement
(Butler),
16
Fish (cryptographic machine),
63â66
Flexner, Abraham (1866â1945),
95â97
Flexner, Esther and Moritz,
95
Ford, Vincent,
76
formal systems,
7
,
36â38
,
43â50
,
53â58
,
70â71
,
78
,
130
,
157
,
167â68
,
190
.
see also
Boole
;
Gödel
;
incompleteness
;
Leibniz
;
Turing machine
Fortran (Formula Translation language),
122
foundries, silicon,
214
Frankenstein
(Shelley),
22
Franklin, Benjamin (1706â1790),
21
,
139
frequency modulation (in biology),
169
,
225
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
(Greene),
212
Friends' Ambulance Unit (World War I),
86
,
193â97
Fuld, Caroline (Mrs. Felix),
95
Fuld Hall (Institute for Advanced Study),
97
,
100
,
102
functions.
see also
computability
;
Turing machine
Boolean,
43â44
computable,
7
,
9
,
40
,
54â55
,
57â58
,
62
,
139
effectively calculable,
54â55
,
57
halting,
57
recursive,
7
,
54â55
,
57
,
167
,
190
successor,
54â55
fuzzy logic,
44
G
Galileo Galilei (1564â1642),
3
,
75
,
80
,
113
Galvani, Luigi (1737â1798),
22â23
“Galvanism and its application to Telegraphy” (Salvá),
140
game theory,
6
,
76
,
89
,
146
,
153â59
,
168
,
171â72
,
185
Gandy, Robin, on Turing,
55
ganglia, computational,
226
Garrett, Garet (1878â1954),
221
,
226â27
Gaure, Simen, on Barricelli,
120
,
129
Gauss, Carl Friedrich (1777â1855),
141
“General and Logical Theory of Automata” (von Neumann),
32
genes and genetics,
8
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19
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27
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29
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71
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114â19
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123â24
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126
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128â29
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160
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185
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190
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202
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216
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224â25
genotype, and distinction from phenotype,
30â31
,
117â19
Giant Brains
(Edmund C. Berkeley),
108
Girshick, M. A., on duel theory,
146
glass, and evolution of technology,
202
Glicksberg, I. L., on duel theory,
146
global intelligence, coalescence of,
2
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10â13
,
32
,
112
,
130
,
158
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170
,
190â92
,
205
,
209
,
211
.
see also
collective intelligence
God
and the argument from design,
116
,
186
and Butler,
187
and Erasmus Darwin,
20
and Garet Garrett,
221
and Newton,
227
and Petty,
171
Gödel, Kurt (1906â1978),
49â50
,
54
,
57
,
58
,
70â71
,
78
,
94
,
99â100
,
120
,
129â30
,
167â68
,
190
.
see also
incompleteness
Gödel numbers,
49â50
,
129â30
Gödel's Theorems
(Huber-Dyson),
xi