On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

From the inventor of the PalmPilot and the bestselling author of A Thousand Brains comes a compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines.

Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.

Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how t...