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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3ANobili_Pesavento_2reps.png">right</a><a href="page.php?w=John_von_Neumann">John von Neumann</a>'s <b>universal constructor</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=self-replicating_machine">self-replicating machine</a> in a <a href="page.php?w=cellular_automaton">cellular automaton</a> (CA) environment. It was designed in the 1940s, without the use of a computer. The fundamental details of the machine were published in von Neumann's book Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata, completed in 1966 by <a href="page.php?w=Arthur_Burks">Arthur W. Burks</a></p><p>
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