PublishedOxford University Press, April 2016 |
ISBN9780198784920 |
FormatSoftcover, 640 pages |
Dimensions19.5cm × 12.9cm × 3.7cm |
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 crystallised big ideas, and shaped the way we think.
