PIONEERING INSIGHT INTO AI NEUMANN, John von. 

The Computer and the Brain. 

First edition of John von Neumann’s pioneering book on the capabilities of machines as compared to human brain.  Originally intended for Yale's Silliman lectures, The Computer and the Brain was left unfinished at the author’s death in early 1957 and was instead first published the following year with a preface by his wife, Klára Dán von Neumann (1911–1963).  Dán was one of the earliest computer programmers; she took active part in von Neumann’s project, was one of the main programmers involved in the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (in the end being responsible for overseeing the final coding) and was instrumental in producing the first successful meteorological forecast on a computer.  Her preface includes a brief biography of the author and details the circumstances of his illness, forced cessation of work, and death.