This was originally my dad's book, a long time ago, and I couldn't keep my hands off it when I was a kid. It's an excellent overview by any measure, aThis was originally my dad's book, a long time ago, and I couldn't keep my hands off it when I was a kid. It's an excellent overview by any measure, and far more accessible than any other science book I've since encountered, while still possessing breadth and depth....more
I'm extraordinarily happy with this book. I was looking for an introduction to neural networks with a specific angle on the human brain, after having I'm extraordinarily happy with this book. I was looking for an introduction to neural networks with a specific angle on the human brain, after having read Jerome Feldman's Neural Theory of Language. I found Feldman's book lacking in (physiological) detail, and wanted a much deeper understanding of the neurons that are, at bottom, responsible for everything we experience as humans.
"The Mind Within the Net" absolutely satisfied that desire. It went far beyond my expectation and delivered the most compelling and cogent explanation of the human mind I've ever encountered. I feel like I have not only a strong grasp on neural nets but how the human brain actually works. It's fed my hunger for knowledge so well that I'm now hunting for much more technical textbooks on neural nets so that I can implement them myself.
The only caveat I found with this book are the typos--there were far more than I would expect or approve of from MIT Press! Some of them are just downright unacceptable (like a "2" instead of "-2" in a diagram which was really confusing until I concluded it was a typo.
Testament to the quality of the content that these typos didn't ruin it for me. I excitedly recommend this book to anyone interested in neural nets, or more broadly, anyone seriously interested in how the human brain actually produces experience....more
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