Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1989. First Edition Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: xxx 1 - 402. Black pictorial card covers. Introduction by Seymour Papert. New foreword by Jerome Y. Lettvin. Originally published in 1965, this is the second printing of the 1988 reprint. The author, and his research about the human brain, were both far ahead of their time.Two classic articles from the book, co-written with Walter Pitts, have application to the study of artificial intelligence. This copy has moderate surface rubbing on the covers. The text block is clean and free of markings.

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Bookseller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006247
Title: EMBODIMENTS OF MIND
Author: McCULLOCH, WARREN S
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0262631148
ISBN 13: 9780262631143
Publisher: MIT Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1989
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Keywords: AI, Artificial intelligence, PDP, parallel distributed processing, human brain, the brain, neuroscience, psychology, theory of automata, cerebral mechanisms, circuit theory of the brain, causality, functional organization of the cerebral cortex, molecular
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE;
X weight: 0.68 kg

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