The Computer and the Brain

John von Neumann info

First published 1958

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Von Neumann's last work, comparing digital computers with the nervous system.

1903–1957 · Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist

Profession: Computer scientist, Mathematician, Professor
Worked at: Princeton, IAS Princeton, Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Hamburg
Studied at: ETH Zürich, Göttingen, Eötvös Loránd University
Studied under: Lipót Fejér
Prizes: Albert Einstein Award (1956), Enrico Fermi Award (1956), Fellow of the Econometric Society (1947), Bôcher Memorial Prize (1938), Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1945), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1947), Silliman Memorial Lectures (1955), Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1956), Medal of Freedom (1956), Financial Times Person of the Year (1999)

Designed the computer layout almost every computer still uses.

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12 editions · 1 hardcover, 3 paperback

First published 1958

Earliest edition listed: 1958 · Yale Univ Pr · Hardcover

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