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OverviewDonald Michie was an extraordinary character. In a scientific career that spanned nearly 65 years, he was the pioneer in several fields including computing, mouse embryology, transplantation biology, and machine intelligence. Tragically, he died in a car crash in 2007. Here, Ashwin Srinivasan presents a varied collection of Michie's writings, from Colossus and computers to mouse genetics and politics. Srinivasan, a computer scientist and grand-student of Donald Michie, introduces each section and brings together an engaging collection of lively essays, revealing Michie's remarkable personality and painting a picture of his life and interests. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ashwin Srinivasan (IBM India Research Laboratory)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780199573042ISBN 10: 0199573042 Pages: 354 Publication Date: 12 November 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Foreword Editor's Note A Lifetime in a Minute Acknowledgements Machines and Machine Intelligence The Beginning Colossus and the Breaking of the Wartime ""Fish"" codes Turing's Vision Early Promise Machines That Can Play Games Where Britain Lags Behind Edinburgh Will Set the Pace Amplifying Intelligence by Machine Clever or Intelligent? Lighthill and After Machine Intelligence in the Cycle Shed Response to Lighthill Computer Chess an the Humanization of Technology Slaughter on 7th Avenue Human Window on the World The Turing Institute Rules from Brains Consciousness, Turing's Test and the Child Machine Turing's Test and Conscious Thought ""Strong AI"": An Adolescent Disorder It Takes Two to Tango Return of the Imitation Game Biology Maternal Inheritance in Mice Superpregnancy in Mice Studies on the Transfer of Fertilized Mouse Eggs Transplantation Biology Embryo Selection for Human IVF Thinking about Thinking In Conversation 50 Years after Breaking the Codes Secrets of Colossus Revealed Recollections of Early AI in Britain Tokyo-Edinburgh Dialogue ""From Our Science Correspondent"" On Keeping Mice The last liger Archbishop Among the Test-Tubes There's no such thing as a ""Superior"" Race Nature v. nurture Song and Dance story Scientific Advice to Governments Keeping one jump ahead What they Read and Why ]: Sciencemanship Peace and Goodwill The Tramp's Charter Descent into Unreason Bibliography Selected Publications in Biology Selected Publications in Computer Science Books Web Links"ReviewsThe book is certainly a valuable resource for the histories of Colossus. Ernest Davis, Times Literary Supplement `The book is certainly a valuable resource for the histories of Colossus, of mid-century genetics research, of AI research, and of science and public policy in post-war Britain.' Ernest Davis, Times Literary Supplement Author InformationAshwin Srinivasan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1991. In 1991 he joined the Turing Institute, Scotland. From 1993, he was a member of the Oxford University's Computing Laboratory, where he was involved in pioneering applications of logic-based machine learning to difficult real-world problems in biology and chemistry. In 2003, he moved to the IBM India Research Laboratory in New Delhi as a Research Staff Member. He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, and is regularly invited to present work on machine-assisted methods for scientific knowledge discovery. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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