The computer & the brain / John von Neumann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957.

Contributor:

Kurzweil, Ray.

Series:

Silliman Memorial Lectures

The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain.

Computers.

Cybernetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages)

Edition:

3rd ed. / with a foreword by Ray Kurzweil.

Other Title:

Computer and the brain

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 and shows how it remains relevant today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword to the Third Edition

Foreword to the Second Edition

Preface

Introduction

Part 1. The Computer

Part 2. The Brain

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxi).

ISBN:

9786613681249

9781280770470

1280770473

9780300188080

0300188080

OCLC:

798251802