Full title: "Out of Control - The New Biology of Machines", written by Kevin Kelly, editor of "Wired" magazine. First published, USA (1994) Addison Wesley Inc., in the UK (1994), Fourth Estate Ltd. 666 Pages.

A study of the latest developments (as of '94) in genetic programming, simulation, prediction, evolution theory and networks, to name but a few of the themes. Tells also of the increasing similarities between the "born" and the "made" - in other words the crossover between biology and computer science.

"An engaging non-stop tour of the high-tech ecological consciousness of the nineties."

Times Literary Supplement.

This book's range and power is shown by the fact that after reading it, although it is about computers, I decided to take up gardening, spend more time with my nephews and nieces, and do more travelling.