The Computer and the Brain
John Von Neumann
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Description for The Computer and the Brain
Paperback. Explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. This title shows that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also has its own unique statistical language. Series: The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: GPFC; UYD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 142.
In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann, whose many contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering include the basic organizational framework at the heart of today's computers, concludes that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also has its own peculiar statistical language. In his foreword to this new edition, Ray Kurzweil, a futurist famous in part for his own reflections on the relationship between technology and intelligence, places von Neumann's work in a historical context ... Read more
In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann, whose many contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering include the basic organizational framework at the heart of today's computers, concludes that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also has its own peculiar statistical language. In his foreword to this new edition, Ray Kurzweil, a futurist famous in part for his own reflections on the relationship between technology and intelligence, places von Neumann's work in a historical context ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series
Condition
New
Weight
142g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300181111
SKU
V9780300181111
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About John Von Neumann
At the time of his death in February 1957, John von Neumann, renowned for his theory of games and his work at the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study, was serving as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission. Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, author, and futurist who has written six books including The Singularity Is Near: ... Read more
Reviews for The Computer and the Brain
This book is the earliest serious examination of the human brain from the perspective of a mathematician and computer pioneer. Prior to von Neumann, the fields of computer science and neuroscience were two islands with no bridge between them. -Ray Kurzweil, from the foreword This book contains exactly the line of reasoning that inspired the architecture underlying Watson, ... Read more