The Computer and the Brain

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By John von Neumann

Series: The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series

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In The Computer and the Brain, John von Neumann explores the parallels between digital computers and the human brain. He analyses the design, function, and limitations of computers, offering insights into how these artificial systems compare to biological neural processes. The book bridges computing and neuroscience, providing a thought-provoking examination of machine versus human intelligence.
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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by the parallels between human cognition and computational processes. Written by the renowned mathematician John von Neumann, it explores foundational concepts in computing and offers profound insights into how the brain might operate in ways akin to a computer. Ideal for readers intrigued by the intersection of neuroscience and technology.

The Computer and the Brain

Explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. This title shows that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also has its own unique statistical language.

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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 organisational 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.

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The book written by John von Neumann, an early exploration of the brain through a mathematic and computing lens, is praised for bridging the gap between computer science and neuroscience. Reviews commend its profound insights into the human nervous system, highlighting von Neumann's unique approach of considering it as a statistical rather than purely digital machine. The work inspires those in computing by offering foundational perspectives that align with modern computational advancements, such as IBM's Watson.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300181111

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2012

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Edition: 3rd Revised edition

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Foreword by Ray Kurzweil

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 127g

Pages: 144

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Computing & Technology Education & Reference John von Neumann Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series

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. Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, author, and futurist who has written six books including The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology.