In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann, whose many contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering include the basic organizational framework at the heart of today's computers, concludes that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also has its own peculiar statistical language.

In his foreword to this new edition, Ray Kurzweil, a futurist famous in part for his own reflections on the relationship between technology and intelligence, places von Neumann’s work in a historical context and shows how it remains relevant today.

在这部经典作品中，二十世纪最伟大的数学家之一探讨了计算机器与活生生的人脑之间的类比。约翰-冯-诺伊曼（John von Neumann）对科学、数学和工程的诸多贡献包括当今计算机核心的基本组织框架，他的结论是，大脑既以数字方式也以模拟方式运作，但也有自己独特的统计语言。

雷-库兹韦尔（Ray Kurzweil）是一位未来学家，他因自己对技术和智能之间的关系的思考而闻名，他在为这个新版本撰写的前言中，将冯-诺伊曼的工作置于历史背景中，并表明它在今天仍然具有相关性。