Authors:J. Leo van Hemmen, Terrence J. Sejnowski,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: neuroscience, series, computational, problems, systems
Number of Pages: 548
Published: 2005-12-08
List price: $84.95
ISBN-10: 0195148223
ISBN-13: 9780195148220

The complexity of the brain and the protean nature of behavior remain the most elusive area of science, but also the most important. van Hemmen and Sejnowski invited 23 experts from the many areas--from evolution to qualia--of systems neuroscience to formulate one problem each. Although each chapter was written independently and can be read separately, together they provide a useful roadmap to the field of systems neuroscience and will serve as a source of inspirations for future explorers of the brain.

Authors:Patricia Churchland, Terrence J. Sejnowski,
Publisher: The MIT Pre
Keywords: computational, neuroscience, brain
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 1994-02-03
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0262531208
ISBN-13: 9780262531207

"This attractive and well-illustrated volume falls somewhere between a trade book and a textbook, with a style well suited for the Scientific American reader, as well as the active scientist, who may know something of either computer science or neuroscience but welcomes a crisp narrative that includes the necessary background from each discipline.... The reader will be well rewarded who seeks to understand, from well-chosen examples, how to merge the analysis of neuroscientific data with the developments of computational principles." -- Michael A. Arbib, Science The Computational Brain is the

Authors:Michael I. Jordan, Terrence J. Sejnowski,
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: computational, neuroscience, computation, neural, models, foundations, graphical
Number of Pages: 435
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0262600420
ISBN-13: 9780262600422

Graphical models use graphs to represent and manipulate joint probability distributions. They have their roots in artificial intelligence, statistics, and neural networks. The clean mathematical formalism of the graphical models framework makes it possible to understand a wide variety of network-based approaches to computation, and in particular to understand many neural network algorithms and architectures as instances of a broader probabilistic methodology. It also makes it possible to identify novel features of neural network algorithms and architectures and to extend them to more general g

Authors:Steven R. Quartz, Terrence J. Sejnowski,
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: science, reveals, brain, new, lovers, heroes, liars
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-10-01
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0060001496
ISBN-13: 9780060001490

This book combines cutting-edge findings in neuroscience with examples from history and the headlines to introduce the new science of cultural biology, born of advances in brain imaging, computer modeling, and genetics. Doctors Quartz and Sejnowski show how both our noblest and darkest traits are rooted in brain systems so ancient that we share them with insects. They then demystify the dynamic engagement between brain and world that makes us something far beyond the sum of our parts. The authors show how our humanity unfolds in precise stages as brain and world engage on increasingly compl

Authors:Geoffrey Hinton, Terrence J. Sejnowski,
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: computational, neuroscience, computation, neural, learning, foundations, unsupervised
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 1999-06-11
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 026258168X
ISBN-13: 9780262581684

Author: Terrence Lyo
Publisher: Brookings Institution Pre
Keywords: studies, foreign, policy, liberia, elections, peace, postconflict, voting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 1998-12-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0815753535
ISBN-13: 9780815753537

Elections have been used as a mechanism to institutionalize a new political order following internal conflict in Cambodia, El Salvador, Angola, Mozambique, Bosnia, and now Liberia. This book analyzes the Liberian transition and the July 1997 elections in order to better understand the relationship between war termination and transitions to democracy and the role post-conflict elections play in promoting both of these goals. The Liberian elections represented the final stage of a seven-year, West African-led peace process. An overwhelming majority voted for former factional leader Charles Taylo

Author: Terrence Tse
Publisher: North Light Books
Keywords: creating, beautiful, art, techniques, fun, painting, fast, sponge
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-06-29
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 158180962X
ISBN-13: 9781581809626

Readers are hungry for new techniques and new painting ideas. Painting on canvas entirely with sponges is a new technique introduced by North Light Books in 2005 with Painting Murals Fast & Easy (over 14,000 copies sold). No art expertise or drawing skills required! With hundreds of colorful action photos, this book shows how to use ordinary sponges and quick-drying acrylic paints to create scenic landscapes and colorful flowers in a fraction of the time needed when using brushes. Readers will see how to load different parts of the sponge with paint to achieve different tec