The Emperor's New Mind - Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
Verlag | Oxford University Press |
Auflage | 2016 |
Seiten | 640 |
Format | 13,1 x 19,6 x 3,7 cm |
Print PDF | |
Gewicht | 466 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Oxford Landmark Science |
ISBN-10 | 0198784929 |
EAN | 9780198784920 |
Bestell-Nr | 19878492EA |
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.
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Prologue
1: Can a computer have a mind?
2: Algorithms and Turing Machines
3: Mathematics and Reality
4: Truth, Proof, and Insight
5: The Classical World
6: Quantum Magic and Quantum Mystery
7: Cosmology and the Arrow of Time
8: In Search of Quantum Gravity
9: Real brains and Model Brains
10: Where Lies the Physics of the Mind?
Epilogue
References
Index