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Are we unique? : a scientist explores the unparalleled intelligence of the human mind / James Trefil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. c1997.Description: xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0471249467 (pbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF444 .T74 1997
Contents:
Is there anything left for us? -- Humans and animals : the same but different -- Of fleeing anemones and smart lobsters -- Can animals talk? -- The brain -- Of tamping rods and grandmother cells : how the brain works -- How did we get to be so smart? : the evolution of intelligence -- Moving wheels and moving electrons : how a computer works -- Artificial intelligence, learning machines, and chinese rooms -- Why the brain is not a computer -- Can the brain do something a computer can't? : Godel and Penrose -- The problem of consciousness -- Consciousness and complexity -- Is there anything left for us?
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks BF444.T74 1997 1 Available 33710000853031

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.

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Is there anything left for us? -- Humans and animals : the same but different -- Of fleeing anemones and smart lobsters -- Can animals talk? -- The brain -- Of tamping rods and grandmother cells : how the brain works -- How did we get to be so smart? : the evolution of intelligence -- Moving wheels and moving electrons : how a computer works -- Artificial intelligence, learning machines, and chinese rooms -- Why the brain is not a computer -- Can the brain do something a computer can't? : Godel and Penrose -- The problem of consciousness -- Consciousness and complexity -- Is there anything left for us?