Biophysics of Computation
by Christof Koch · first published 1998
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If this is your thing, you might also want to check out Christof Koch's Biophysics of Computation. Cable theory is introduced in one of the first few chapters.
on “Oliver Heaviside and the theory of transmission lines (2021)” ↗…those operations?"), and the implementation level ("how is the algorithm implemented"). From there, it depends on what you're interested in. At the single-cell level, Cristof Koch has a book called The Biophysics of Computation that "explains the repetoire of computational functions available to single neurons, showing how individual nerve cells can multiply, integrate, and delay synaptic input" (among other things). Michael…
on “Backpropagation is a leaky abstraction” ↗> But of course, every neuron in the brain is bafflingly complex and we still don't know or understand how that complexity manifests itself in thought and intelligence. Indeed. Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons challenges this notion, using richly detailed experimental and theoretical findings from cellular biophysics to explain the repertoire of computational functions…
on “The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The story of E. coli chemotaxis” ↗