This book is excellent introduction to theory and practical application of neural networks and fuzzy logic. I know that for sure because I was totaly illiterate in that topic before I red it. This book requires some prerequisite knowledge from reader. Reader must have at least average undergraduate knowledge of discrete matematics,probability theory and matrix algebra.

I saw from previous reviews that some "good" C++ programmers expects to learn all that mathematics from one 500 pages book.
I think that would be impossible even for a perfect neural network.