ISBN The Emperor's New Mind ( Concerning Computers Minds and the Laws of Physics ) English

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. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas and shaped the way we think.