Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do? When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will it immediately jump into the Internet and create a World Mind? Will intelligent computers someday recognize the rather doubtful intelligence of human beings? Distinguished psychologists, computer scientists, philosophers, and programmers from around the world debate these weighty...
Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for t...
Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do? When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will it immediately jump into the Internet and create a World Mind? Will intelligent computers someday recognize the rather doubtful intelligence of human beings? Distinguished psychologists, computer scientists, philosophers, and programmers from around the world debate these weighty...
Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for t...
The Teacher's Hand-Book Of Slojd, 1892, by Otto Salomon, was the primary teacher training text for the instructor of Slojd based education at the Naas School in Sweden. Slojd education, developed by Salomon, combines craft, creativity and the teacher's guidance with ..".the educative force which lies in rightly directed bodily labour, as a means to developing in the pupils (sic) physical and mental powers which will be a sure and evident gain to them for life.""
The Teacher's Hand-Book Of Slojd, 1892, by Otto Salomon, was the primary teacher training text for the instructor of Slojd based education at the Naas...
..".to know just how to handle and manipulate the saw or the plane or the chisel to effect the desired result with a minimum of effort and without injury to either tool or material - that is knowledge worth having..." Woodwork Tools was published c1922 as part of The Woodworker Series, by Evans Bros., London. Authored by William Fairham, a well-respected practicing woodworker and technical school instructor. Woodwork Tools introduces both the basics of hand tool use as well as advanced techniques. Intended for Manual Arts classes, Woodwork Tools presents the practical skills needed by...
..".to know just how to handle and manipulate the saw or the plane or the chisel to effect the desired result with a minimum of effort and without inj...
In print through numerous editions from the late-19th century through the early-20th century, "The Art And Craft of Cabinet-Making" provides a thorough review of the tools and techniques of hand crafted cabinet-making as practiced during the 1800s.
In print through numerous editions from the late-19th century through the early-20th century, "The Art And Craft of Cabinet-Making" provides a thoroug...
"To be successful in woodwork construction the possession of two secrets is essential - to know the right joint to use, and to know how to make that joint in the right way." WOODWORK JOINTS: HOW THEY ARE SET OUT, HOW MADE AND WHERE USED; WITH FOUR HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS AND INDEX; REVISED EDITION, C1920, by William Fairham, is one of the Woodworker Series of handcraft books published by Evans Bros., London, during the first quarter of the 20th Century. Covering both the major and minor woodworking joints, Fairham gives us clear, concise and well illustrated instructions on when to use and how...
"To be successful in woodwork construction the possession of two secrets is essential - to know the right joint to use, and to know how to make that j...
Published first in 1812 as "Mechanical Exercises," then in 1831 as "The Mechanic's Companion," this reprint of the 1850 edition is a true facsimile of the original book.
Published first in 1812 as "Mechanical Exercises," then in 1831 as "The Mechanic's Companion," this reprint of the 1850 edition is a true facsimile of...
Beginning with projects focused on basic hand skills and progressing to those that require greater thought and planning in execution, this resource provides five introductory exercises and 46 measured drawings of Arts and Crafts-style furnishings.
Beginning with projects focused on basic hand skills and progressing to those that require greater thought and planning in execution, this resource pr...
Anna Petersson Berg, instructor of Slojd classes in Sweden during the early years of the 20th century, left her native country to bring the crafts of Swedish Holeseam and Fringing, finishing techniques for woven textiles, as well as traditional Swedish knitting styles, to the public schools of America. Slojd, as defined by Otto Salomon, the founder of the Slojd theory of education, came to mean the formalized system of teaching crafts as part of an educational process. The derivation of slojd is slog, an early Scandinavian word for craft. As in most rural households, those of Sweden continued...
Anna Petersson Berg, instructor of Slojd classes in Sweden during the early years of the 20th century, left her native country to bring the crafts of ...
