Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata. Edited and Completed By Arthur W. Burks

Urbana and London: University of Illinois Press, 1966. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. Octavo, 388 pages; first printing of the first edition. A beautiful, fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, with price of $10.00 and 75s on front flap; jacket with a couple of small scuffs. Text was divided into two parts: Part One, Theory and Organization of Complicated Automata. Part Two, The Theory of Automata: Construction, Reproduction, Homogeneity. John Von Neumann's unfinished manuscripts are here edited by Burks and present Von Neumann's final concept of the theory of automata. Dr. Von Neumann was popular at cocktail parties - fellow scientists would give him complex math problems; Von Neumann would work them in his head, as he hopped from one foot to the other. (Inventory #: 08752)