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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969513503321

Autore

Von Neumann John <1903-1957.>

Titolo

The computer & the brain / / John von Neumann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786613681249

9781280770470

1280770473

9780300188080

0300188080

Edizione

[3rd ed. /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 pages)

Collana

The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series

Altri autori (Persone)

KurzweilRay

Disciplina

003.5

Soggetti

Brain

Computers

Cybernetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxi).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the Third Edition -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Computer -- Part 2. The Brain

Sommario/riassunto

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.