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...

Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe von Penrose, Roger

Aimed at the general reader, this guide to the universe provides a comprehensive account of the present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. von Penrose, Roger

What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact,...

Schatten des Geistes: Wege zu einer neuen Physik des Bewußtseins

In "Das Große, das Kleine und der menschliche Geist" präsentiert Roger Penrose seine Theorien über die Beziehung zwischen Quantenmechanik, klassischer Physik und Bewusstsein. Er argumentiert, dass es eine Verbindung zwischen diesen drei...

"The Emperor's New Mind" von Roger Penrose ist ein faszinierendes Werk, das die Grenzen des menschlichen Denkens und der künstlichen Intelligenz untersucht. Penrose argumentiert, dass es Aspekte des menschlichen Bewusstseins gibt, die...

âEUR¿One of the most important worksâEUR¿of the twentieth centuryâEUR(TM) The TimesShadows of the Mind is a profound exploration of what modern physics has to tell us about the human mind. A visionary description of what a new physics -...

In "Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness" untersucht der Autor Roger Penrose das komplexe Thema des menschlichen Bewusstseins und dessen Verbindung zur Quantenphysik. Das Buch stellt eine Fortsetzung...

"The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics" von Roger Penrose ist ein anspruchsvolles Werk, das die Grenzen der künstlichen Intelligenz und des menschlichen Bewusstseins erforscht. Penrose argumentiert,...

Roger Penrose is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He has received a number of prizes and awards, including the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their joint...

The bestselling author of The Emperor's New Mind offers another exhilarating look at modern science as he mounts an even more powerful attack on artifical intelligence. Shadows of the Mind points the way to a new science, one that may...