Penrose, Roger

The emperor's new mind : concerning computers, minds, and the laws of physics / Roger Penrose. - Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2016. - xxix, 602 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.



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.

9780198784920 (pbk.)

Physics -- Philosophy -- Popular works. Thought and thinking -- Popular works. Artificial intelligence -- Popular works.

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