Apprentices of Wonder - Inside the Neural Network Revolution

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

Über den Autor / die Autorin

William F. Allman

Zusammenfassung

"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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: William F. Allman
• Verlag: Random House N.Y.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.08.1990
• EAN: 9780553349467
• ISBN: 978-0-553-34946-7
• Seiten: 228
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Gewicht: 340 g
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / General, Mathematics & science, Mathematics and science