Download or read book The Emperor's New Mind written by Roger Penrose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.