089545
Cambridge, Massachusetts - London
1989
15×22,5
meki
402
engleski
Price: 30,00 EUR
This volume is a seminal collection of scientific papers, essays, and lectures (1965) by the renowned American neurophysiologist, cyberneticist, and visionary Warren S. McCulloch. The book constitutes one of the most foundational and influential cornerstones of modern cybernetics, cognitive sciences, computational neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. Permanently etched into the history of science as the co-author of the first mathematical model of an artificial neural network, McCulloch bridges the chasm between biology and technology—specifically between the physical architecture of the human brain and the abstract processes of the mind—with extraordinary visionary acuity and erudition. Through a series of revolutionary essays, the author profoundly investigates the mechanisms of information processing in neural networks, neuropsychology, the logical structures of the mind, and the philosophical inquiries regarding how the material brain engenders thought and perception. His interdisciplinary approach, thoroughly suffused with elements of mathematics, biology, logic, and philosophy, delineated the guidelines for the development of modern computing systems and neural networks decades before technology could keep pace with his theoretical frameworks, rendering this work a timeless classic of global scientific heritage. The scholarly weight and academic value of this specific edition are dramatically enhanced by two exceptional paratextual additions: an extensive introduction penned by the pioneer of artificial intelligence Seymour Papert, and an entirely new, inspired foreword by another titan of neuroscience and McCulloch's close collaborator, Jerome Y. Lettvin. The volume is equipped with a premium academic apparatus, including a comprehensive and detailed subject index.
