John Horton Conway's "Life" is a good start
Self replicating entities on a mathematical substrate.
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Self replicating entities on a mathematical substrate.
"a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life