Biology And Computation: A Physicist's Choice

Provides a review of the works in the evolving field of neural networks and brain studies. Its purpose is two-fold: to help physicists get a broader view of the context of a domain, and to help scientists of other disciplines to reach a better understanding of the physicists' contributions.

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This book provides a comprehensive review of the works in the rapidly evolving field of neural networks and brain studies. Its purpose is two-fold: to help physicists entering this field to get a broader view of the context of the domain, and to help scientists of other disciplines to reach a better understanding of the physicists' contributions within a context of perspectives they can relate to.Included in the volume are 68 carefully selected, high quality reprints to provide the volume with both breadth and depth. It is organized into 5 sections and 22 chapters, both the sections and chapters being preceded by introductory comments by the editors.