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APPENDIX A Data for Replication Time and Replicator Mass
Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines
Edited by: Robert A. Freitas, Jr. and Ralph C. MerkleISBN: 1-57059-690-5
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Robert A. Freitas Jr. and Ralph C. Merkle
Data for replication time (τ) as a function of replicator mass (M) for 126 biological species,2600 1 chemical species,1372 and 9 actual or proposed artificial kinematic replicating systems across a size range spanning nearly 20 orders of magnitude, drawn from numerous sources (most appreciatively the major contribution by Allison and Cicchetti),2600 appears in chart form in Figure 5.6 and in tabular form below.
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