The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man - Hardcover

Satinover, Jeffrey

 
9780471333265: The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471333263 ISBN 13: 9780471333265
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Ist unser Wille wirklich frei, oder glauben wir nur, dass er frei ist? Sind wir die Architekten unserer Schicksale oder nur programmierte Maschinen? Werden die Maschinen, die wir bauen, eines Tages selbst einen freien Willen entwickeln? Mit diesen fundamentalen Fragen setzt sich dieses Buch auseinander. Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen untersucht der anerkannte Autor Jeffrey Satinover zusammen mit Psychiatern und Forschern zunächst die neuesten Erkenntnisse im Bereich der Neurowissenschaft und der Physik sowie gänzlich neue Methoden der Computerwissenschaft. Dann demonstriert er, wie diese Erkenntnisse, wenn man sie zusammen betrachtet, nahelegen, dass unser Gehirn die mysteriösen Gesetze der Quantenpyhsik verkörpert und weiter verdeutlicht. Gehen auch Sie mit "The Quantum Brain" auf die Suche nach der Freiheit und der nächsten Generation der Menschheit.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jeffrey Satinover is a practicing psychiatrist, past president of the C. G. Jung Foundation, and a former Fellow in Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry at Yale University. He has been a William James Lecturer in Psychology and Religion at Harvard University. He is currently a special student at Yale. His other books include Cracking the Bible Code.

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"The Quantum Brain is the first great book of the 21st century-and the first definitively 21st century book. It will be read with admiration and amazement."-George Gilder, bestselling author and publisher of the Gilder Technology Report
 
"Many authors have written about one or two of the topics covered in The Quantum Brain. Jeffrey Satinover's book is unique in trying to tie everything together."-Michael E. Kellman, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oregon
 
"Thoroughly researched . . . and told as a gripping tale, thanks to Dr. Satinover's . . . gift for the narrative. A marvelous introduction to the most fascinating question the human brain can address: its own working."-R. Shankar, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University
 
"A thrilling journey through the world of brain research. The author has set new standards for popular science writing by making arcane topics . . . easy to follow. A tapestry of insights."-Jack Tuszynski, Professor of Physics, University of Alberta
 
"I wish I had written this visionary book."-Professor Hugo de Garis, Head, Starbrain Project, Starlab's Artificial Brain Project

Aus dem Klappentext

Do we have free will or just imagine that we do? Do we create our own destinies or are we merely machines? Can we create a brain bigger than our own? To answer these and many other provocative questions, psychiatrist, researcher, and critically acclaimed author Jeffrey Satinover turns to the cutting edge of science and sees a future for and truth about ourselves that are both shocking and profound.
 
First, Satinover takes us through the fascinating history of neural nets and learning machines, a history driven by battles between some of our country's greatest minds- from the flamboyant, sometimes vilified Frank Rosenblatt to the formidable, fearless Marvin Minsky. Satinover also explains how we are applying this radical computing to neuroscience in order to create artificial brains. These not only seem to mimic ours but may even surpass them.
 
Then, in language no less graceful for the heft of his subject, Satinover reveals the third axis of his stunning argument: Quantum physics, the most successful theory in the history of science, allows the brain to embody and amplify the mysterious, absolute freedom that underlies all the physical world.
 
As a result, Satinover argues persuasively, we are elevated above the mere learning machines modern science assumes us to be. Satinover also makes two predictions: We will soon construct artificial devices as free and aware as we are; and we will likewise soon begin a startling re-evaluation of just who and what we are, of our place in the universe, and, perhaps, even of God.
 
The world of the quantum brain, long imagined, is finally coming, and Jeffrey Satinover has given us an astonishing preview.

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Verlag
John Wiley & Sons
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0471333263
ISBN 13 
9780471333265
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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