Giant brains
- Subtitle
- or, Machines that think
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE The Subject, Purpose, and Method of this Book3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS4. Chapter 1 CAN MACHINES THINK? WHAT IS A MECHANICAL BRAIN?5. Chapter 2 LANGUAGES: SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING INFORMATION6. Chapter 3 A MACHINE THAT WILL THINK: THE DESIGN OF A VERY SIMPLE MECHANICAL BRAIN7. Chapter 4 COUNTING HOLES: PUNCH-CARD CALCULATING MACHINES8. Chapter 5 MEASURING: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’S DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER NO. 29. Chapter 6 ACCURACY TO 23 DIGITS: HARVARD’S IBM AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE-CONTROLLED CALCULATOR10. Chapter 7 SPEED—5000 ADDITIONS A SECOND: MOORE SCHOOL’S ENIAC ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND CALCULATOR11. Chapter 8 RELIABILITY—NO WRONG RESULTS: BELL LABORATORIES’ GENERAL-PURPOSE RELAY CALCULATOR12. Chapter 9 REASONING: THE KALIN-BURKHART LOGICAL-TRUTH CALCULATOR13. Chapter 10 AN EXCURSION: THE FUTURE DESIGN OF MACHINES THAT THINK14. Chapter 11 THE FUTURE: MACHINES THAT THINK, AND WHAT THEY MIGHT DO FOR MEN15. Chapter 12 SOCIAL CONTROL: MACHINES THAT THINK AND HOW SOCIETY MAY CONTROL THEM16. Supplement 1 WORDS AND IDEAS17. Supplement 2 MATHEMATICS18. Supplement 3 REFERENCES19. NAME INDEX20. SUBJECT INDEX