The Sun and Its Secrets

by Isaac Asimov and Richard Hantula

Book Overview

Approaches to building machines that can learn from experience abound - from connectionist learning algorithms and genetic algorithms to statistical mechanics and a learning system based on Piaget's theories of early childhood development. This monograph describes results derived from the mathematically oriented framework of computational learning theory. Focusing on the design of efficient learning algorithms and their performance, it develops a...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836811356
• ISBN13: 9780836811353
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

An introduction to facts about the sun.

This is an excellent book for children describing some of the latest known facts about the Sun and serves as an introduction and suplementary text for young children. This book is a part of Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe he started for children in the late 1980's that is supposed to be updated on a regular basis. However, Dr. Asimov died in 1992 and others are trying to continue the work. The book has since been updated in Asimov's New Library of the Universe and retitled "The Sun and Its Secrets" by Asimov and Francis Reddy.

A supplementary volume about the properties of the sun.

This is an excellent book for young children describing some of the latest known facts about the Sun and serving as a short introduction and supplementary text for youth interested in astronomy. This book is a part of Isaac Asimov's New Library of the Universe he started for children in the late 1980's that is supposed to be updated on a regular basis. However, Dr. Asimov died in 1992 and others are trying to continue the work and updating the various volumes. This particular book is a revision of "The Sun," published in 1988.