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The computer & the brain / John von Neumann ; foreword by Ray Kurzweil.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2012Edition: 3rd ed. / with a foreword by Ray KurzweilDescription: li, 83 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780300181111 (paperback)
  • 0300181116 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Computer and the brain
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 003.5
LOC classification:
  • QA 76 V947c 2012
Contents:
The computer. The analog procedure ; The digital procedure ; Logical control ; Mixed numerical procedures ; Precision ; Characteristics of modern analog machines ; Characteristics of modern digital machines -- The brain. Simplified description of the function of the neuron ; The nature of the nerve impulse ; Stimulation criteria ; The problem of memory within the nervous system ; Digital and analog parts in the nervous system ; Codes and their role in the control of the functioning of a machine ; The logical structure of the nervous system ; Nature of the system of notations employed: not digital but statistical ; The language of the brain not the language of mathematics.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QA 76 V947c 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000117419

Previous ed.: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

The computer. The analog procedure ; The digital procedure ; Logical control ; Mixed numerical procedures ; Precision ; Characteristics of modern analog machines ; Characteristics of modern digital machines -- The brain. Simplified description of the function of the neuron ; The nature of the nerve impulse ; Stimulation criteria ; The problem of memory within the nervous system ; Digital and analog parts in the nervous system ; Codes and their role in the control of the functioning of a machine ; The logical structure of the nervous system ; Nature of the system of notations employed: not digital but statistical ; The language of the brain not the language of mathematics.

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