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Jagjit Singh Great Ideas in Information Theory, Language and Cybernetics
Dover Publications Inc. 0486216942 / 9780486216942 PAPERBACK Very Good
0486216942 Trade paperback, Dover publications (marked as a Dover Original publication, not their usual reprints), 1966 copyright, but this is a later printing with an ISBN on the back cover: 0486216942, full title: Title Great Ideas in Information Theory, Language and Cybernetics, Author Jagjit Singh. Usually ships with delivery confirmation. This is part of Singh's series on Great Ideas. Essentials of computing have not changed in decades, so understanding the evolution of the ideas of Van Neumann, Turing, McColloch and their insights into electronics and biology provide an invaluable aid to both the layman and advanced student. There is some technical and mathematical information presented in the text, but much of the material is accessible to the well-informed layman. From the estate of a mathematics professor, in good condition, very little wear, just some mild cover wear. From the back of the book: Not only is the young, revolutionary science of cybernetics a fascinating study in itself, but it is also a frame of reference in which larger issues can be explored: the nature and genesis of human intelligence. In this Dover original, Dr. Jagjit Singh applies his skill as a science writer in an exploration of the computer and its ways, revealing the often striking resemblances between electronic and biological brains. Singh begins with some very basic questions: What is language? That is information? He then proceeds to some of the most important codes used for communication by both man and machines. Finally, he describes in detail the analog and digital computers. Throughout the book, Dr. Singh summarizes the work of McCulloch and Pitts, von Neumann, Wiener, Turing and others and discusses such advanced machines as perceptrons, game-playing machines, translators, Uttley machines, etc. to show the basic concepts at work. His text is also rich in suggestions for future applications. Readers with some grasp of mathematics through the calculus will relish Dr. Singh's occasional mathematical demonstrations, but these are not so numerous nor so central to his explanations as to put off laymen without such background. Dr. Singh's clarity of expression, his rich fund of allusions to non- science fields, and his excellent sense of humor have already earned for him the Kalinga Prize awarded by the United Nations for distinguished scientific exposition. He has an international reputation as a writer who can make complex ideas intelligible and interesting to laymen. In this, his latest, book, the reader will find a complete explanation of the basic concepts of computer technology as well as a good comprehension of the impact of cybernetics on the human race. *
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