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On Intelligence

On Intelligence Softcover - 2005

by Hawkins, Jeff

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New York: Owl Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Softcover. 0805078533 . 261 pp. Light edgewear, corners rubbed. Describes how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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  • Title On Intelligence
  • Author Hawkins, Jeff
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Owl Books, New York
  • Date 2005
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SCI0295
  • ISBN 9780805078534 / 0805078533
  • Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.36 x 5.68 x 0.73 in (21.23 x 14.43 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Brain, Artificial intelligence
  • Dewey Decimal Code 612.82

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When I graduated from Cornell in June 1979 with a degree in electrical engineering, I didn't have any major plans for my life.

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About the author

Jeff Hawkins is one of the most successful and highly regarded computer architects and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. He founded Palm Computing and Handspring, and created the Redwood Neuroscience Institute to promote research on memory and cognition. Also a member of the scientific board of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, he lives in northern California.

Sandra Blakeslee has been writing about science and medicine for The New York Times for more than thirty years and is the co-author of Phantoms in the Brain by V. S. Ramachandran and of Judith Wallerstein's bestselling books on psychology and marriage. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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