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.
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Weight: 464g
Dimensions: 129 x 195mm
Publication Date: 28 Apr 2016
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780198784920
About Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS is the Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. He is known for his work in mathematical physics in particular for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology. His books include Shadows Of The Mind (Vintage 1995); The Road to Reality (Vintage 2006); and The Nature of Space and Time co-authored with Stephen Hawking (Princeton University Press 2015). He has received several prizes and awards including the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their contribution to our understanding of the universe. In 2020 Penrose was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on black holes along with Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.