The Emperor's New Mind
Concerning Computers, Minds and the Laws of Physics
Published on 4. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-19-286198-6 (ISBN)
Description
For many decades, the proponents of 'artificial intelligence' have maintained that computers will soon be able to do everything that a human can do. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating roller-coaster ride through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy to show that human thinking can never be emulated by a machine.
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perhaps the most engaging and creative tour of modern physics that has ever been written Sunday TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
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Paperback (UK-B)
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numerous figures
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
469 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-286198-6 (9780192861986)
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Sir Roger Penrose is Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Oxford. He is the recipient of many awards and prizes, including the 1988 Wolf Prize for Physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their joint contribution to our understanding of the universe. His other books are Spinors and Space Time: Vol 1: Two-Spinor Calculus and Relativistic Fields (CUP, 1987); Vol 2: Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry (both with Wolfgang Rindler, CUP, 1986), Shadows of the Mind (OUP, 1994), The Nature of Space and Time (with Stephen Hawking, Princeton University Press, 1996), and The Large, the Small and the Human Mind (CUP, 1997).
Content
PROLOGUE; 1. CAN A COMPUTER HAVE A MIND?; 2. ALGORITHMS AND TURING MACHINES; 3. MATHEMATICS AND REALITY; 4. TRUTH, PROOF, AND INSIGHT; 5. THE CLASSICAL WORLD; 6. QUANTUM MAGIC AND QUANTUM MYSTERY; 7. COSMOLOGY AND THE ARROW OF TIME; 8. IN SEARCH OF QUANTUM GRAVITY; 9. REAL BRAINS AND MODEL BRAINS; 10. WHERE LIES THE PHYSICS OF THE MIND?; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; INDEX.