The Emperor's New Mind : Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

Author: Penrose, Roger (University of Oxford)

Philosophy of mind

Published on 28 April 2016 by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Oxford Landmark Science' series.

Paperback / softback | 640 pages, 145 black and white illustrations
132 x 196 x 37 | 450g

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 tour 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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