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Minds and Machines by W. Sluckin 1954 – Penguin First Edition


Title: Minds and Machines
Author: W. Sluckin
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: 1954
Format: Paperback
Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear. The spine shows some wear and there may be some minimal pencil underlining.

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Reader's note

A gem among a bounty of stunning vintage books and classic novels on our online used bookstore. ‘Electronic Brains’, as certain modern machines are often called, inspire such an admiration and awe that it has been said that they are almost capable of thought and that their behaviour is in many ways like that of living creatures. This Book describes in simple terms the principles of the modern automatic computing machines and discusses what these machines can in fact do. In order to point out some interesting similarities between mechanisms and organisms, the working of the nervous system is described in some detail. This leads to a discussion of control and communication in machines and in living creatures – a field of study which is often called ‘cybernetics.