Science observed : essays out of my mind

CONTENTS PART I Mind and Profile of Marvin Minsky A Once and Future Hacker About Intelligent Machines Programming Intelligence PART II Science Observed The Need to Know I Am This Whole Erwin Schrodinger Einstein and The Philosophy of Science Robert Oppenheimer Nuclear Shooting the Pussycat Topless in Hamburg Time Furth's Reactor and Fusion Can TV Really Teach Science? PART III Out of My Entertainments, Serious and Otherwise How About a Little Game? Stanley Kubrick Scientific How to Recognize One and What to Do Until the Doctor Arrives Bubble & Squeak A Cosmic Flow "A.I." Cover Contents Part I: Mind and Machine: Profile of Marvin Minsky Part II: Science Observed Part III: Out of My Mind: Entertainments, Serious and Otherwise. Bibliography Index