The Computer and the Brain
β Scribed by John von Neumann; Ray Kurzweil
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 135
- Edition
- 3
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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 Neumannβs work in a historical context and shows how it remains relevant today.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword to the Third Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Preface
Introduction
Part 1. The Computer
Part 2. The Brain
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