Apprentices of Wonder
Author: Allman, William F.
ISBN: 9780553349467
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Aug 1990
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback / softback
"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
ISBN: 9780553349467
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 01 Aug 1990
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback / softback
"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
