Hermes and the Golden Thinking Machine

By Alexander Tzonis

Book Overview

Hermes and the Golden Thinking Machine is a witty, fast-paced mystery that combines suspense with crucial concepts from the emerging field of artificial intelligence. Harvard professor Hermes Steganos finds himself implicated in the theft of the "Golden Thinking Machine," a priceless ancient Greek computational device. Trapped in a pattern of events whose logic he cannot decipher, he must activate his new AI expert system to solve the mystery before it is too late.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262700476
• ISBN13: 9780262700474
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Hidden Treasure

I'm not sure why some critics hated this book... Fans of the "ancient relic discovered" sub-genre will find this MUCH more intelligent and entertaining than 90% of the new books published every year.