Computer and Human Brain - Ping (Translation of Famous Works)

Author: John von Neumann (USA), translated by Gan Ziyu
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Features: This book is one of the important materials in the theoretical research of automata (represented by electronic computers). The original manuscript was an unfinished draft prepared by von Neumann for a lecture in 1955–1956. The author explores the processes of computer operations and human thinking from a mathematical perspective, primarily from the perspectives of logic and statistical mathematics, conducting some comparative studies. Many of the technical inferences in the book are predictive and require further experimental research and exploration in the future to determine their correctness. As for some of the theoretical summaries in the book, their philosophical viewpoints are erroneous. Readers are advised to approach the study of this book with an analytical and critical attitude. This book is suitable for readers in the fields of automata theory, cybernetics, computing technology, and bionics. Philosophical workers interested in cybernetics issues can also refer to the material provided in this book.