BTW, the “Robert von Engen” in the story is clearly John von Neumann, Engen’s book “Logical Control: The Computer vs. Brain” is Neumann’s “The Computer and the Brain”, and Engen’s paper “Memory Registers: Stimulation Criteria” takes its title from two sections of Neumann’s book. I don’t know how many other real-world correspondences there are. In the real world, unlike the story, Neumann’s book was published posthumously.
Just a frivolous comment, but I’m reminded of this classic SF story.
BTW, the “Robert von Engen” in the story is clearly John von Neumann, Engen’s book “Logical Control: The Computer vs. Brain” is Neumann’s “The Computer and the Brain”, and Engen’s paper “Memory Registers: Stimulation Criteria” takes its title from two sections of Neumann’s book. I don’t know how many other real-world correspondences there are. In the real world, unlike the story, Neumann’s book was published posthumously.