The Computer and the Brain: Second Edition (Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Lectures)

von Neumann, John

ISBN 10: 0300084730 / ISBN 13: 9780300084733

Published by Yale University Press, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Computer and the Brain: Second Edition (Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Lectures)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300084730
• ISBN 13: 9780300084733
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

With a foreword by Paul M. Churchland and Patricia S. ChurchlandThis book represents the views of one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century on the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann concludes that the brain operates in part digitally, in part analogically, but uses a peculiar statistical language unlike that employed in the operation of man-made computers. This edition includes a new foreword by two eminent figures in the fields of philosophy, neuroscience, and consciousness.

About the Author

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. Paul M. and Patricia S. Churchland are professors of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.