Title	Subject	Author	Synopsis
Fuzzy Logic	Fuzzy Logic	Bart Kosko & Satoru Isaka	The binary logic of modern computers often falls short when describing the vagueness of the real world. Fuzzy logic offers more graceful alternatives.
Keeping up with Computerese	Terminology	Anne Eisenberg	The evolution of technical terms defeats definitions of nouns and verbs.
What's Logic got to do with it?	Inspiration	Marcus Chown	Some of the greatest flashes of scientific inspiration were sparked by utterly illogical thinking.
Logical Limits	Mathematical Philosophy	John L.Casti	The mathematical models now used in many scientific fields may be fundamentally unable to answer certain questions about the real world. Yet there may be ways around these problems.
A Partly True Story	Fuzzy Logic	Ian Stewart
A Subway called Turing	AI Computers	Ian Stewart
The Ultimate in Anty-Particles	Cellular Automata	Ian Stewart
The Mutilated Chess Board	Logic	Simon Singh
A Random Walk in Arithmetic	Randomness	Gregory Chaitin	God not only plays dice in physics but also in pure mathematics. Mathematical truth is sometimes nothing more than a perfect coin toss.
Random Reality	Randomness	Marcus Chown	Space and the material world could be created out of nothing but noise. That's the startling conclusion of a new theory that attempts to explain the stuff of reality.
A new kind of Cipher	Cryptography	Martin Gardner	Few persons can be made to believe that it is not quite an easy thing to invent a method of secret writing which shall baffle investigation. Yet it may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.
Genetic Algorithms	AI Computing	John H. Holland	Computer programs that "evolve" in ways that resemble natural selection can solve complex problems even their creators do not fully understand.
Survival of the fittest bits	AI Computing	Rick L. Riolo	A practical guide to creating a genetic algorithm.
El-Fish	AI Computing	Elizabeth Corcoran	How to raise a school of tempting software toys.
Emotional Decisions	Rational Thought	Jeremy Hardie	The theorists say decision-making is a logical process,but new research shows emotion is just as important.
Slaughter on 7th Avenue	AI Computing	Donald Michie	The world's number one is still licking his wounds after IBM's chess computer beat him last month.But is Kasparov right to feel so hurt by the defeat?
A plague on all your mouses	Viruses	William Langley	A year ago today David Smith,a"a geek with a grudge",released a computer virus on to an internet porn site.
Letter to City Life	Geeks and Nerds		People are quick to characterise the "sad" computer nerd,but who are they really?
Hackers Unmasked	Viruses	John Windell	As computers take on an increasingly critical role in society, the fear of computer crime has also become more palpable. But how justified is that fear?
Wanna Play?	Psychology	Jay Teitel	Games can solve major crises,train war heroes,and civilize us all.What the world needs is not less time for playing games but more.
Born Liars	Psychology	Jerome Burne	We disapprove of lying, but the uncomfortable truth is that human beings have evolved by deceiving each other.
How rational are we?	Psychology	David Hardman and Clare Harries	Do we need lessons in rational decision making?
The Eureka Phenomenon	Reason	Isaac Asimov	Asimov explains the role of the 'revelation' in how a new idea is born or a problem is solved without referring to mysticism.
Beyond Words	Language	Bob Holmes	Bogged down by complex arguments?Mapping the ideas could let you take in everything at a glance; and even see the edge of knowledge.

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