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The emperor's new mind : concerning computers, minds and the laws of physics (New [ed.])

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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 roller-coaster ride 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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Oxford Paperbacks
0192861980 / 9780192861986
Paperback
153.4
04/03/1999
United Kingdom
English
xxix, 602p. : ill.
20 cm
general /undergraduate Learn More
Previous ed.: 1989.
Winner of the 1990 Science Book Prize.