Computer Brain by Neumann John: First Edition (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Publisher's cloth in an unclipped dust wrapper. The wrapper lightly toned to the spine and edges, with surface losses to throughout particularly to the tail. A few little closed tears including to the top edge of the front panel and the rear similarly; a few surface scuffs and marks to the rear panel. Light loss at the spine ends and corners. The hinges a litle loose, the closed page edges and prelims a touch spotted. A generally smart first edition of Neumann's scarce and seminal unfinished work on computer science.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Dust Jacket. An important and enduring work at the intersection of computing and human cognition, John von Neumann's The Computer and the Brain represents the final intellectual contribution of one of the twentieth century's most influential mathematicians. Published posthumously, the text offers a concise yet profound exploration of the parallels—and fundamental differences—between artificial computation and biological neural systems, anticipating many of the central questions that continue to shape modern artificial intelligence and neuroscience. This is a true first edition (1958), published by Yale University Press. The volume is in Very Good condition: internally clean and sound, with a firm, square binding and only light, expected signs of handling. There is a small ownership inscription or mathematical notation on the front free endpaper, unobtrusive and not affecting the text block. The original dust jacket is present and likewise Very Good, retaining strong overall presentation with minimal wear consistent with age. A cornerstone text in the early conceptual development of computing and the philosophy of mind, this work is increasingly sought after by collectors in scientific firsts, cybernetics, and foundational AI literature.…

cloth, dustjacket, 12mo xiv+82 pp. this book constitutes the material, prepared for the Silliman lectures in 1956 by John von Neumann; on the analogies between computing machines and the living brain; a highly original and fundamental apporach to the theory of information processing; VERY RARE; second printing october 1958, following the identical first edition may 1958; very good condition (dustjacket with minimal traces of use; exlibris glued to the endpaper; interior clean, no stamps or wrting or underlining). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. The Computer and the Brain is an unfinished book by the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, John von Neumann, begun shortly before his death and first published in 1958. It explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. "The task of constructing a general and logical theory of automata was too large for von Neumann to carry out in detail with the final few years of his career. Instead, he attempted to provide a programmatic framework for the future development of the general theory and limited himself to developing specific aspects, including the logical theory of automata, the statistical theory of automata, the theory of complexity and self-replication, and the comparison of the computer and the brain." (Aspray 1958, 133-34). Minsky 1963, 506. First printing, gray cloth boards, black ink lettering; pictorial DJ, with spine darkening. Ghosting from newspaper clipping between pages 10,11, as new otherwise. Small 8vo. 82pp plus np history of the lecture series (4pp). 5½" - 8½". book.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A beautiful copy of the 1958 1st edition of John von Neumann's "views on the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain". The great mathematician von Neumann (1903-1957), who passed away just before the Silliam Lectures were to be delivered at Yale, "concluded that the brain operates in part digitally, in part analogically, but uses a particular statistical language unlike that employed in the operation of man-made computers". (The text of this book is drawn from the notes he was preparing for the Silliman Lectures). Clean and easily Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($3.00), Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Slim octavo, 85 pgs. all told. Truly a collector's copy of these early, pioneering writings in computer theory by one of the mathematical giants of the 20th century.…

HARDBACK BLACK. Condition: VG++. JACKET: VG++. 1ST ED. In very fine gift quality. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING Custom made clamshell box having paper punch card inset with the brain overlaid on IBM punch card. Contains IBM punch cards. From the library collection of Marian H. Rose Marian Rose, 104, Born Marian Heineman on Oct. 11, 1920 was engaged in early research for the Manhattan Project at Columbia in 1942-43. In 2022, during all the attention being paid to the film "Oppenheimer," Rose described her Manhattan Project involvement as very "hush-hush." She was the only woman on a team of about a dozen low-level scientists in a basement at Columbia working on separating isotopes of uranium, prior to Oppenheimer's involvement. But as a student, she was in classes taught by Edward Teller and Enrico Fermi and she recalled Albert Einstein being a family friend in Belgium, after he left Germany. For most of her post-Ph.D. career, Rose concentrated on magnetically confined hydrogen fusion reactors. Hydrogen fusion, a still unrealized source of unlimited energy, involves fusing hydrogen into helium, with an enormous release of energy in the process. Her approach was to use intense magnetic fields to confine the hydrogen gas under the very high temperatures required to produce energy. After she founded the Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition in 1997, it grew to have 50 member groups from New York City, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Dutchess counties. It succeeded in eliminating or reducing footprints of many proposed developments that would have harmed wetlands, forests, reservoirs and unjustly impacted communities. DATE PUBLISHED: 1958 EDITION: 1ST ED 82. …