Circuits of the Mind

by Leslie Valiant

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking work, computer scientist Leslie G. Valiant details a promising new computational approach to studying the intricate workings of the human brain. Focusing on the brain's enigmatic ability to access a massive store of accumulated information very quickly during reasoning processes, the author asks how such feats are possible given the extreme constraints imposed by the brain's finite number of neurons, their limited speed of communication,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195126688
• ISBN13: 9780195126686
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"