{"product_id":"brainmakers-david-h-freedman-9780671510558","title":"Brainmakers: How Scientists Moving Beyond Computers Create Rival to Humn Brain","description":"Join David Freedman as he takes you on a fascinating tour behind the scenes at laboratories around the world as top researchers race to create revolutionary \"thinking machines\" that may one day lead to a new form of intelligence. \u003cp\u003eThe subject of fantasy and skepticism for centuries-- from William James's mechanical bride to 2001's Hal to Star Wars' R2D2-- artificial intelligence has been limited to number-crunching computers that are\"smart\" only in highly specific domains like chess-- until now. \"Brainmakers\" is an eye-opening, mind-expanding, and mind-blowing journey through laboratories engaged in cutting-edge research into neuro-science and robotics. Inside, you'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIT's Attila, a 3.6-pound, six-legged robot that learns as it interacts with its surroundings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan's efforts to grow brain cells on chips and construct a \"wiring diagram\" of the human brain \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUCLA's \"robot farm\", where robots will be \"bred\" for intelligence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exciting yet accessible detail, Freedman shows how this research has moved into a new realm that transcends computer science, combining neuroscience, mircobiology, evolutionary biology, and zoology. Modeled after natural rather than artificial intelligence, thinking machines may soon develop powers that rival-- or exceed-- those of the human brain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David H. Freedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 067151055X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671510558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.64w x 0.60d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David H. Freedman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43920444981503,"sku":"9780671510558","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7aca8989-a3ff-4fe3-b369-70bbbea590a9.jpg?v=1680815403","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brainmakers-david-h-freedman-9780671510558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}