TY - BOOK AU - Von Neumann,John AU - Kurzweil,Ray TI - The computer & the brain SN - 9780300181111 (paperback) AV - QA 76 V947c 2012 U1 - 003.5 PY - 2012/// CY - New Haven, Conn., London PB - Yale University Press KW - Computers KW - Brain KW - Cybernetics N1 - 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 ER -