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Same question: SICP of neuroscience?
by caffeine 17y ago
Same question: SICP of neuroscience?
- jonsen 17y agoIf not yet exists, it could be due anytime now, considering the explosive advancement of the field. I found On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins very enlightening.
- michaelkeenan 17y agoThe ideas in On Intelligence are very interesting, but the writing style is sometimes repetitive and slightly condescending (I'll explain in more detail if requested). It seems to be aimed at smart teenagers, to inspire them to pursue work in neuroscience and AI.
- jonsen 17y agoI first took your Same question as Is there a, as you probably intended. But later this thought popped up: Would a SICP of biology and a SICP of neuroscience have to be one to qualify? (thereby implying: exactly same question :)
- caffeine 17y agoI see what you mean - I think there can be both :). For me "SICP of.." means "Thought-provoking, technically rigorous, enjoyable, somewhat comprehensive, and layman-compatible introduction to..", more or less. Some books I enjoyed (but which don't necessary achieve that status) are: - Theoretical Neuroscience by Dayan & Abbott (this has math - but it's quite polite about it, and remains readable if you skip the equations) - Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks:http://mitpress.mit.edu/0262011972 http://mitpress.mit.edu/0262011972 But those are more theory than biology - would be really interested in a "nuts & bolts" presentation of the brain that is readable and engaging (i.e. nice exercises spread throughout the text, if such a thing is possible)
- jackdawjack 17y agoTrappenbergs, computational neuroscience is really nice too if you're coming from a math/physics/c-s background it's got just enough bio to know what's going on while covering the basic computational features.
- albertcardona 17y agoIt's informally called "The Kandel's book": Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel, J.H. Schwartz, and Thomas M. Jessell