I bought this book a few years ago, by Koza. It has tons of working code in it-- each problem he steps through building up a solution with a working program:

I bought this book a few years ago, by Koza. It has tons of working code in it-- each problem he steps through building up a solution with a working program: http://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Programming-Computers-Selection-Adaptive/dp/0262111705 http://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Programming-Computers-Selectio... This is one of my most prized computer books, perhaps the most prized book I have. Even though I wasn't a Lisper when I started reading this book, I ended up building (without realizing it at first) a little Lisp inside Python for exploring the concepts. If you thought Koza's old website is inspiring, consider getting this book. It's huge and expensive, but to me it feels like one of the 3 books I'd want to bring with me to a desert island or through the destruction of civilization.