Apprentices of Wonder: Inside the Neural Network Revolution Contributor(s): Allman, William F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553349465 ISBN-13: 9780553349467 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1990 Annotation: In the vein of The Soul of a New Machine, a dramatic chronicle of a new revolution in brain-mind science comes this accessible book on the scientists who are creating startling new theories of how the mind works as the forge a new kind of artificial intelligence called neural networks--or, the first thinking machines |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Neural Networks - Medical | Neuroscience - Medical | Neurology |
Dewey: 612.82 |
LCCN: 89014940 |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.74" W x 8.48" (0.75 lbs) 228 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: If you want to understand the latest scientific thinking about the relations between mind and brain, meet Allman's Apprentices of Wonder.--Howard Gardner, author of The Mind's New Science: A History of Cognitive Revolution In the vein of The Soul of a New Machine comes this accessible book on the scientists who are creating startling theories of how the mind works as they forge a kind of artificial intelligence called neural networks--or, the first thinking machines. This snappy introduction to the possibilities of the new sciences of connectionism will inform readers why mahy brain scientists are excited--and why the skeptics remain to be persuaded.--Pamela McCorduck, coauthor, with Mitchell Feigenbaum, of The Fifth Generation and author of Machines Who Think and The Universal Machine |