"A structure made up of fine threads, so many and so fine that even the strongest magnification of the microscope was …"

"The brain is encased in the head, the part of the body which in most walking, flying or swimming animals is the leadi…"

"Ad Aertsen succeeds in allowing his sense of humour to shine through the deep seriousness of his scientific ethos. He…"

"This is an exercise in fictional science, or science fiction, if you like that better. Not for amusement: science fic…"

"We will talk only about machines with very simple internal structures, too simple in fact to be interesting from the …"

"It is actually impossible in theory to determine exactly what the hidden mechanism is without opening the box, since …"

"A psychological consequence of this is the following: when we analyze a mechanism we tend to over estimate its comple…"

"You may regret this, but you will soon notice that is a good idea to give chance a chance in the further creation of …"

"We must be careful, however, not to let the process of acquiring new ideas interfere with the detailed knowledge that…"

"[The final chapter of the book] sketch a few facts about animal brains that have inspired some of the properties of o…"