""If you want to understand the latest scientific thinking about the relations between mind and brain, meet Allman'sApprentices of Wonder.""-Howard Gardner, author ofThe Mind's New Science- A History of Cognitive Revolution
In the vein of The Soul of a New Machinecomes 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
By:
William F. Allman Imprint: Bantam USA Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 340g ISBN:9780553349467 ISBN 10: 0553349465 Pages: 228 Publication Date:01 August 1990 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
