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From the inventor of the palmpilot comes a revolutioonary new theory of intelligence and a bold vision for the future of intelligent machines. In an engaging style that captivates audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist. On intelligence explains what intellignece is, how the brain works, and how this knowledge will finally make it possible for us to build intlligebt machines, in silkicon, that will not only imitate but exceed our human ability in surprising ways. The author is one of the most successful and highly regarded computer architects and entrpreneurs in Silicon Valley. He founded both Pal Computing and Handspring, created the Redwood Neuroscience Institute to promote research on memory and cognition and is a member of the scientific board of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He lives in Northern Calif. Sandra Blakeslee has been writing aobut science and medicine for the New York Times for more than 30 yrs.. She is the coauthor of Phantoms in the Brain with V.S.amachandran and of Judith Wallerstein's bestselling books on psychology and marriage.
