The emperor's new mind : concerning computers, minds, and the laws of physics

Author(s)

• Penrose, Roger
• Gardner, Martin

Bibliographic Information

The emperor's new mind : concerning computers, minds, and the laws of physics

Roger Penrose ; foreword by Martin Gardner

（Penguin books）

Penguin Books, 1991, c1989

Note

Bibliography: p. [452]-460

Includes index

First published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 1989

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In "The Emporer's New Mind," eminent physicist Roger Penrose argues that there are facets of human thinking, of human imagination, that can never be emulated by a machine. Exploring a dazzling array of topics--complex numbers, black holes, entropy, quasicrystals, the structure of the brain, and the physical processes of consciousness--Penrose demonstrates that laws even more wondrously complex than those of quantum mechanics are essential for the operation of a mind.

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Details

• NCID: BA18205517
• ISBN:
  • 0140145346
• LCCN: 90045024
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 466 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Q335
  • DC20 : 006.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Artificial intelligence
  • LCSH : Thought and thinking
  • LCSH : Physics -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Science -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Computers
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00474814