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Page 188
... brain . The electronic computer was modelled - if quite unconsciously - upon the human brain ; and in turn , by its simplification and reduction of the brain's operations , it threw a further light upon the organic electro- chemistry of ...
... brain . The electronic computer was modelled - if quite unconsciously - upon the human brain ; and in turn , by its simplification and reduction of the brain's operations , it threw a further light upon the organic electro- chemistry of ...
Page 273
... brain could handle in a lifetime . If one forgets that it is the human brain that invented this quasi- divine instrument and that must feed it with the data and pose the prob- lems that are to be solved , the lowly human agent may be ...
... brain could handle in a lifetime . If one forgets that it is the human brain that invented this quasi- divine instrument and that must feed it with the data and pose the prob- lems that are to be solved , the lowly human agent may be ...
Page 464
... Brain , and Humanist Values . See Platt , John R. ( editor ) . Like this book , it challenges the reductionist effort to turn the brain into a program- mable machine . Stallo , J. B. The Concepts and Theories of Modern 464 BIBLIOGRAPHY.
... Brain , and Humanist Values . See Platt , John R. ( editor ) . Like this book , it challenges the reductionist effort to turn the brain into a program- mable machine . Stallo , J. B. The Concepts and Theories of Modern 464 BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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