Had a 12-person seminar with the founder of Genetic Algorithms, John Holland. Read about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Holland http://en.wi

Had a 12-person seminar with the founder of Genetic Algorithms, John Holland. Read about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Holland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Holland In my opinion, this is his most accessible book (for the topic that is) about GA's: http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Order-Adaptation-Builds-Complexity/dp/0201442302/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228762794&sr=8-3 http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Order-Adaptation-Builds-Complex... Professor Holland is sharp as hell, insistent about expanding interdisciplinary studies, and a very nice guy.