The emperor's new mind : concerning computers, minds and the laws of physics
Penrose, Roger1999
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Here, one of today's most brilliant theoreticians puts forward his view that there are some facets of human thinking which can never be emulated by a computer. The reader is led on a dazzling tour through the underlying maths and physics of his ideas.
Main title:
The emperor's new mind : concerning computers, minds and the laws of physics / Roger Penrose ; foreword by Martin Gardner.
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Edition:
New [ed.].
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Collation:
xxix, 602p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 1989.Includes bibliographical references (p. 584-595) and index.
ISBN:
9780192861986 (pbk)0192861980 (pbk)
Dewey class:
153.4
Language:
English
BRN:
146135
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