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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe more books like this

by Roger Penrose

One of todays most accomplished scientists presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. Penrose examines the mathematical foundations of the physical universe, exposing the underlying beauty of physics and giving us one the most important works in modern science writing.

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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics more books like this

by Roger Penrose

One of the world's most eminent scientists takes the reader on a dazzling tour of the physics of consciousness. Ranging widely over relativity theory, quantum mechanics and cosmology, Penrose puts forth the view that some facets of human thinking can never be emulated by a machine.

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What Is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

What Is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches more books like this

by Roger Schrodinger, Erwin Schrodinger, Roger Penrose (Foreword by)

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life?, one of the great science classics of the twentieth century appears here together with Mind and Matter.

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Shadows of the Mind

Shadows of the Mind more books like this

by Roger Penrose

A visionary glimpse of the possible future of science by one of the world's leading physicists. Penrose points toward a new science that may eventually explain the physical basis of the mind--and introduces new ideas on the mysterious interface where classical and quantum physics meet.

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The Nature of Space and Time

The Nature of Space and Time more books like this

by Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose

Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united in a single quantum theory of gravity? On this issue, two of the world's most famous physicists disagree. Here, Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose explain their positions in a work based on six ...

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Einstein's Miraculous Year: Five Papers That Changed the Face of Physics

Einstein's Miraculous Year: Five Papers That Changed the Face of Physics more books like this

by Albert Einstein, John Stachel (Introduction by), Roger Penrose (Foreword by)

After 1905, physics would never be the same again. That year, Einstein shattered many cherished scientific beliefs in five great papers that would establish him as the world's leading physicist. This book brings those papers together in an accessible format.

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The Large, the Small and the Human Mind

The Large, the Small and the Human Mind more books like this

by Roger Penrose, Malcolm Longair

In this book, the author summarizes and brings up to date his current thinking in these complex areas. He presents a masterful summary of those areas of physics in which he feels there are major unsolved problems. Through this, he introduces radically new concepts which he believes will be fruitful in understanding the workings of the brain and ...

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Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness

Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness more books like this

by Roger Penrose

The bestselling author of The Emperor's New Mind offers another exhilarating look at modern science as he mounts an even more powerful attack on artifical intelligence. Shadows of the Mind points the way to a new science, one that may eventually explain the physical basis of the human mind. 49 illustrations.

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Emperor's New Mind

Emperor's New Mind more books like this

by Penrose

In the readition of the bestselling Chaos and A Brief History of Time, here is a science book with mainstream appeal. Proponents of artificial intelligence maintain that eventually a computer will be able to do everything a human mind can do, but Oxford University Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose explains his view that there are facets of ...

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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Lectures on Symmetry, Relativity, and Space-Time

Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Lectures on Symmetry, Relativity, and Space-Time more books like this

by Richard Phillips Feynman, PH.D., Jeffrey Robbins (Editor), Roger Penrose (Introduction by)

The great success of the "Six Easy Pieces" caused a worldwide clamor for more. The result is these six additional lectures, which the legendary teacher and Nobel physicist Richard P. Feynman gave in the early 1960s to freshmen at Caltech. Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these additional lectures are more focused, delving into ...

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The Road to Reality more books like this

by Roger Penrose

Aimed at the general reader, this guide to the universe provides a comprehensive account of the present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory.

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Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 1, Two-Spinor Calculus and Relativistic Fields more books like this

by Roger Penrose, Wolfgang Rindler

This volume introduces and systematically develops the calculus of 2-spinors.

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White Mars more books like this

by Brian W Aldiss, Roger Penrose

After the colonization of Mars--according to utopian ideals that seek to leave behind the petty squabbles of Earth--the planet's new tenants suddenly find themselves entirely alone, when their contact with Earth mysteriously stops. Soon they find their new society beginning to disintegrate, threatening to hurl them straight back into the ...

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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Physical Universe more books like this

by Roger Penrose

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White Mars, or, The mind set free : a 21st-century utopia more books like this

by Brian W. Aldiss, Roger Penrose

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Ludwig Boltzmann: The Man Who Trusted Atoms more books like this

by Carlo Cercignani, Roger Penrose (Foreword by)

Ludwig Boltzmann arguably played the key role in establishing that submicroscopic structures underlie the ordinary world. He had a tremendous impact on late 19th-century and early 20th-century physics, and he anticipated many contemporary ideas, including Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions and recent theories of knowledge based on Darwinian ...

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Coffee with Einstein

by Carlos I Calle, Sir Roger Penrose (Foreword by)

Over an imaginary coffee with top NASA physicist Calle, Einstein tells all about his revolutionary work on relativity, quest for a grand unifying theory of the cosmos, anxieties about the nuclear bomb he helped unleash, and personal matters, too.

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Nature and the Greeks: And, Science and Humanism more books like this

by Erwin Schrodinger, Roger Penrose (Foreword by)

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger was one of the most distinguished scientists and philosophers of the 20th century, and his lectures are legendary. In "Nature and the Greeks", Schrodinger offers a historical account of the scientific world picture. And in "Science and Humanism", he addresses fundamental questions about the link between scientific ...

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The Large, the Small AMD the Human Mind more books like this

by Roger Penrose, Abner Shimony (Contributions by), Nancy Cartwright (Contributions by)

In this book, the author summarizes and brings up to date his current thinking in these complex areas. He presents a masterful summary of those areas of physics in which he feels there are major unsolved problems. Through this, he introduces radically new concepts which he believes will be fruitful in understanding the workings of the brain and ...

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Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry more books like this

by Wolfgang Rindler, Roger Penrose, Peter Landshoff (Editor)

Volume 2 introduces the theory of twistors and two-spinors and shows how it can be applied. Includes a comprehensive treatment of the conformal approach to space-time infinity with results on general relativistic mass and angular momentum.

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Spinors and Space-Time more books like this

by Roger Penrose

Volume 2 introduces the theory of twistors and two-spinors and shows how it can be applied. Includes a comprehensive treatment of the conformal approach to space-time infinity with results on general relativistic mass and angular momentum.

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Techniques of Differential Topology in Relativity more books like this

by Roger Penrose

Acquaints the specialist in relativity theory with some global techniques for the treatment of space-times and will provide the pure mathematician with a way into the subject of general relativity.

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Lo Grande, Lo Pequeno y La Mente Humana more books like this

by Roger Penrose, Malcolm Longair (Editor), Nancy Cartwright (Contributions by)

The latest book from one of the most original and provocative minds in contemporary science.

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La Mente Nueva del Emperador

by Roger Penrose

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Computerdenken

by Roger Penrose

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