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

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Penrose, Roger

Language: English Publication details: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2016.Description: xxix, 602 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780198784920 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

006.3

Contents:

Prologue -- Can a computer have a mind? -- Algorithms and Turing Machines -- Mathematics and Reality -- Truth, Proof, and Insight -- The Classical World -- Quantum Magic and Quantum Mystery -- Cosmology and the Arrow of Time -- In Search of Quantum Gravity -- Real brains and Model Brains -- Where Lies the Physics of the Mind? -- Epilogue.

Summary: 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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Prologue --
Can a computer have a mind? --
Algorithms and Turing Machines --
Mathematics and Reality --
Truth, Proof, and Insight --
The Classical World --
Quantum Magic and Quantum Mystery --
Cosmology and the Arrow of Time --
In Search of Quantum Gravity --
Real brains and Model Brains --
Where Lies the Physics of the Mind? --
Epilogue.

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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