Neurocomp2003 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 There are several threads about what books you have been reading. But they deal with general or scifi. I would like to keep this thread to only science books(meaning no scifi). Anyhow So what is everyone reading...or would recommend in any field of science. Me...Just recently finished 1) a child development book called "Whats going on in there?" good easy to read and interesting for cognitive modeling 2) steve grands book "creation" also good for cognitive modeling 3) Gary Flake "Computationaly Beauty of Nature" Excellent book I wish i had this when I was going through university or even have it taught in university because my program structure sucked ass 4) C++ for game progrmaming nice read. Currently reading 1)"AI wisdom" 2)"the body Electric" good book with insite to researchers around the world 3)Krauss' Dark matter and greene's string theory... Has anyone read...and have opinions on these books 1)Greene's new book about time and space. 2)"New Kind of Science" Wolfram I really wanted to pick up this book but flipping through it seems a bit dry but the pics and his code is interesting 3) "nature vs nurture" by matt ridley 4) "Sync" strogatz 5) "science of harry potter" highfield...eloquent writer 6) "nurbs book" 7) "mind and the brain" Schwartz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Paxton Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Scrodingers Cat Scrodingers Kittens Fermat's Last Theorem The Emporor's New Mind Does God Play Dice? Pincho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 TENM is good, as is the semisequel. [edit] THE SCIENCE OF HARRY POTTER? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neurocomp2003 Posted February 16, 2004 Author Share Posted February 16, 2004 Highfield is an eloquent writer and the HP series is a little nice light reading...look at all the other books I try to read. Its like picking up a Startrek or starwars sci book. But I'm not to big on those. and yes TENM is an enjoyable read as is SOTM the 2nd in the series but not a big fan of his conclusions...I believe we can simulate intelligence with what we have now...its just a more complex algorithm and not many have the willingness and the funding to do it. PLus most people simulate 1 function or sense and I think intelligence for a machine must come from 2 hearing/speech and vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Paxton Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I know what you mean about senses. Humans aren't too bright if they are deaf, and blind. Just by asking "What colour is grass?" You have the vision to compare green to thousands of other things, like trees, and apples etc. So one question has 1000 answers which are all intertwined. A computer gets 1 answer per question, and no other way to fill its Data. Not a fair test. Pincho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd Enigma Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Hence why a computer must read wavelengths to determine the color. I have 'Galileo's Finger' by Peter Atkins coming in the mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dogman Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Great book iam currently reading "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene. All about supersting theory !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dogman Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Sorry that sould read superstring theory (typo) oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psi20 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 play therapy called The search for self talks about Dibs, whos a genius but is withdrawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 For Biologists I'd recommend Alberts, et al. "Molecular Biology of the Cell" and Gilbert's "Development"....can't go far wrong with either of those.....and for real scientists of course I'd recommend Sambrooks and Maniatis laboratory manual. What a bible that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 I'm currently reading "The Universe in a Nutshell", by Stephen Hawking. Great book about space, time, the universe, time travel and the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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