Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness - Couverture souple

Penrose, Rouse Ball Professor Of Mathematics Roger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195106466 ISBN 13 : 9780195106466

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

Synopsis

Book by Penrose Roger

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Penrose has come closer than anyone to a rigorous discussion of the most intriguing problems of all: what are we? How do we think? And what is it that makes us human?" (The Times)

"Clearly the product of a brilliant mind" (Times Literary Supplement)

"His book may be the first accessible report to a general readership about the site, if not the actual substance, of the holy grail of consciousness - the precise point where quantum activity interacts with classical physical activity in the brain... His passionate attempt at popular exposition lends importance to a debate that he believes too crucial to be left to the specialists alone" (Sunday Times)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Shadows of the Mind is a profound exploration of what modern physics has to tell us about the mind, and a visionary description of what a new physics - one that is adequate to account for our extraordinary brain - might look like. It is also a bold speculation on the biological process that makes consciousness what it is.

In this illuminating book Penrose provides powerful arguments to support his conclusion that there is something in the conscious activity of the brain that transcends computation - and will find no explanation in terms of present-day science.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0195106466
• ISBN 13: 9780195106466
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480