The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
- ISBN-10
- 0198519737
- ISBN-13
- 9780198519737
- Series
- The Emperor's New Mind
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 466
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Roger Penrose, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose, ger Penrose
Description
Advances the theory that despite burgeoning computer technologies, there will remain facets of human thinking that cannot be emulated by a machine
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