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Banzhaf and Yamamoto introduce artificial chemistries (ACs) in the original spirit of artificial life: ‘‘life as it could be,’’ where ACs focus on chemical reactions and dynamics as they could be. The field of AC brings together a large number of disciplines from computer science to chemistry to social sciences. The book does an excellent job at balancing the content to appeal to this broad academic demographic, and is accessible to readers with minimal scientific backgrounds. The reader of Artificial Chemistries will be well-prepared for navigating the literature of ACs, as well as numerous related disciplines. Although the book is not written as a traditional textbook, it could readily be used in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. The simple, but comprehensive, study of a minimal artificial chemistry early in the text serves as a gradual introduction to a number of skills which are useful in the study of ACs, such as encoding reaction networks, differential and rate equations, and stochastic simulation. The associated PyCellChemistry software framework presents an opportunity to design programming assignments based upon the book’s subtopics. A course which used this book as a primary text would appeal to both computer science and biochemistry students. The book itself is 555 pages organized into 5 parts and a conclusion. The first part introduces the reader to basic concepts from chemistry, and the basics of ACs. In the second part the reader is introduced to life and evolution in the context of AC. The third part presents unconventional and specialized approaches to modeling ACs. The fourth part focuses on chemical organizations as a way of understanding order

Wolfgang Banzhaf and Lidia Yamamoto: Artificial Chemistries, MIT Press, 2015