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A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence Spiral-Bound | March 2, 2021

Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins (Foreword by)

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A bestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI.

For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence?

Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses maplike structures to build a model of the world—not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought.

A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the understanding of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word. 

One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2021

One of Bill Gates' Five Favorite Books of 2021

Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Original Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1541675819
Item Weight: 1.1 lbs
Dimensions: 6.7 x 1.3 x 9.8 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
“In this fascinating book, Jeff Hawkins develops a new theory about the nature of human intelligence and the recurrent dispute between our old instinctive reptilian brains and the think box contained in our mammalian neocortex. Hawkins also explores the consequences of creating truly intelligent robots, which he suggests is achievable within several decades.”
 —John Thornhill, Financial Times
Jeff Hawkins is the cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company; founder of the Redwood Neuroscience Institute; and one of the founders of the field of handheld computing. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and author of On Intelligence.