Taylor, John (Gerald)

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TAYLOR, John (Gerald)

TAYLOR, John (Gerald). British, b. 1931. Genres: Information science/ Computers, Mathematics/Statistics, Physics, Psychology. Career: University of London, King's College, Professor of Mathematics, 1971-, Center for Neural Networks, Director, 1990-. Neural Networks, European Editor-in- Chief, 1990-. Cambridge University, Christ's College, Fellow, 1958-60, Asst Maths Lecturer, 1959-60, Churchill College, Sr Research Fellow, 1963-64; Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, Staff Member, 1956-58, 1961- 63; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Professor of Physics, 1964-66; Hertford College, Oxford, Lecturer, Maths Institute, and Fellow, 1966-67; University of London, Queen Mary College, Reader in Particles and Fields, 1967-69; University of Southampton, Professor of Physics, 1969-71. Publications: Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction, 1969; The Shape of Minds to Come, 1970; The New Physics, 1972; Black Holes: The End of the Universe?, 1973; Superminds, 1975; Special Relativity, 1975; Science and the Supernatural, 1980; The Frontiers of Knowledge, 1982; Finite Super- strings, 1992; The Promise of Neural Networks, 1993; When the Clock Struck Zero, 1994; The Race for Consciousness, 1999. EDITOR: Supergravity '81, 1982; Supersymmetry and Supergravity '82, 1983; Tributes to Paul Dirac, 1987; New Developments in Neural Computing, 1989; Coupled Oscillating Newons, 1992; Theory and Applications of Neural Networks, 1992; Neural Network Dynamics, 1992; Mathematical Approaches to Neural Networks, 1993. Address: Dept of Mathematics, King's College, London WC2R 2LS, England. Online address: [email protected]

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