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Are we unique? : a scientist explores the unparalleled intelligence of the human mind / James Trefil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. c1997.Description: xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0471155365 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780471155362 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153
LOC classification:
  • BF 444 T786a 1997
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Contents:
1. Is There Anything Left for Us? -- 2. Humans and Animals: The Same but Different -- 3. Of Fleeing Anemones and Smart Lobsters -- 4. Can Animals Talk? -- 5. The Brain -- 6. Of Tamping Rods and Grandmother Cells: How the Brain Works -- 7. How Did We Get to Be So Smart? The Evolution of Intelligence -- 8. Moving Wheels and Moving Electrons: How a Computer Works -- 9. Artificial Intelligence, Learning Machines, and Chinese Rooms -- 10. Why the Brain Is Not a Computer -- 11. Can the Brain Do Something a Computer Can't?: Godel and Penrose -- 12. The Problem of Consciousness -- 13. Consciousness and Complexity -- 14. Is There Anything Left for Us?
Summary: An exploration of human, animal, and artificial intelligence.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BF 444 T786a 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000072912

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.

1. Is There Anything Left for Us? -- 2. Humans and Animals: The Same but Different -- 3. Of Fleeing Anemones and Smart Lobsters -- 4. Can Animals Talk? -- 5. The Brain -- 6. Of Tamping Rods and Grandmother Cells: How the Brain Works -- 7. How Did We Get to Be So Smart? The Evolution of Intelligence -- 8. Moving Wheels and Moving Electrons: How a Computer Works -- 9. Artificial Intelligence, Learning Machines, and Chinese Rooms -- 10. Why the Brain Is Not a Computer -- 11. Can the Brain Do Something a Computer Can't?: Godel and Penrose -- 12. The Problem of Consciousness -- 13. Consciousness and Complexity -- 14. Is There Anything Left for Us?

An exploration of human, animal, and artificial intelligence.

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