title: Robot Alchemy: Androids, Cyborgs, and the Magic of Artificial Life
author: Texe Marrs
description: Texe Marrs is author of 46 books, including The Personal Robot Book; Careers with Robots; The Great Robot Book; and Codex Magica: Secret Signs, Mysterious Symbols, and Hidden Codes of the Illuminati. A retired United States Air Force officer, he graduated Summa Cum Laude from Park University and earned his Masters Degree at North Carolina State University. Mr. Marrs is founder and president of powerofprophecy.com in Austin, Texas and is host of a popular radio program heard around the world.
zlib_text: Robots	Alchemy	
  Androids,	Cyborgs,	and	the	Magic	of
  Artificial	Life
  by	
  Texe	Marrs
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	
  Especially	deserving	mention	for	helping	me	to	produce	this	book	are	the	outstanding
  members	of	my	publishing	team:	Michelle	Hallmark,	administrator;	Sandra	Myers,
  publishing	specialist	and	art	director;	Jerry	Barrett,	computer	and	internet	manager.	In
  the	 shipping	 department,	 Rosario	 Velásquez,	 manager,	 and	 Nelson	 Sorto	 are	 to	 be
  thanked	for	their	excellence.	
  And	of	course	there	is	my	precious	wife,	Wanda,	my	treasure	and	inspiration.
  Robot	Alchemy—Androids,	Cyborgs,	and	the	Magic	of	Artificial	Life	
  Copyright	 ©2013	 by	 Texe	 Marrs.	 Published	 by	 RiverCrest	 Publishing,	 1708	 Patterson
  Road,	Austin,	Texas	78733.
  All	rights	reserved.	No	part	of	this	publication	may	be	reproduced,	stored	in	a	retrieval
  system	 or	 transmitted	 in	 any	 form	 by	 any	 means,	 electronic,	 mechanical,	 photocopy,
  recording,	or	otherwise,	without	the	prior	permission	of	the	publisher,	excep