Verlag: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. A New York Times bestseller when it appeared in 1989, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind was universally hailed as a marvelous survey of modern physics as well as a brilliant reflection on the human mind, offering a new perspective on the scientific landscape and a visionary glimpse of the possible future of science. Now, in Shadows of the Mind, Penrose offers another exhilarating look at modern science as he mounts an even more powerful attack on artificial intelligence. But perhaps more important, in this volume he points the way to a new science, one that may eventually explain the physical basis of the human mind.Penrose contends that some aspects of the human mind lie beyond computation. This is not a religious argument (that the mind is something other than physical) nor is it based on the brain's vast complexity (the weather is immensely complex, says Penrose, but it is still a computable thing, at least in theory). Instead, he 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. To illuminate what he believes this "something" might be, and to suggest where a new physics must proceed so that we may understand it, Penrose cuts a wide swathe through modern science, providing penetrating looks at everything from Turing computability and Godel's incompleteness, via Schrodinger's Cat and the Elitzur-Vaidman bomb-testing problem, to detailed microbiology. Of particular interest is Penrose's extensive examination of quantum mechanics, which introduces some new ideas that differ markedly from those advanced in The Emperor's New Mind, especially concerning the mysterious interface where classical and quantum physics meet. But perhaps the most interesting wrinkle in Shadows of the Mind is Penrose's excursion into microbiology, where he examines cytoskeletons and microtubules, minute substructures lying deep within the brain's neurons. (He argues that microtubules--not neurons--may indeed be the basic units of the brain, which, if nothing else, would dramatically increase the brain's computational power.) Furthermore, he contends that in consciousness some kind of global quantum state must take place across large areas of the brain, and that it within microtubules that these collective quantum effects are most likely to reside.For physics to accommodate something that is as foreign to our current physical picture as is the phenomenon of consciousness, we must expect a profound change--one that alters the very underpinnings of our philosophical viewpoint as to the nature of reality. Shadows of the Mind provides an illuminating look at where these profound changes may take place and what our future understanding of the world may be.
Verlag: Oxford University Press (edition First Edition), 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: Paisleyhaze Books, New Hartford, CT, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press hardcover, 1994, 1st edition/1st printing, unused and carefully stored, No marks/tears or other defects; Fine in a Fine (price-clipped) dust jacket (like New). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name written on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, UK, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. xvi + 458 pp, preface, acknowledgments, notes to the reader, prologue, two Parts / 8 subdivided chapters, epilogue, bibliography, index. 6.25" x 9.5" black laminate boards, gilt spine titles, in white DJ with polyester protector. Tight, clean, nmarked, appears unread. Size: Large Octavo. Book.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Kanada
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[0-19-853978-9] 1994, 1st edition. (Hardcover) Fine, no dust jacket. 457pp. Photographs, illustrations, diagrams, charts, notes and references, bibliography, index. (Science, Consciousness).
Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford - New York, 1994
Anbieter: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Kanada
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Hard Cover. 1st Edition. 457 pages. Illustrated with figures, diagrams. Pages good condition, clean. Navy blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Very light wear alons edges Pink and hwite DJ illustrated in color on upper cover. BLue titles. VG+/VG+.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994
Anbieter: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [5], vi-xvi, [1], 2-457, [7] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. With a few in-text and one full-page illustration. An exploration of the science and philosophy of consciousness. A bit of wear to the extremities.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: David Bunnett Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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HARDCOVER. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Heavy 8vo. in black boards, gilt lettering to spine, 457pp, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc CONDITION: A well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy (thin sliver of very slight creasing to spine ends, hint of tanning to leaves) in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket ] ._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: The Great Catsby's Rare Books, Edmonton, AB, Kanada
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. A very nearly fine copy of the first issue, firs printing, in like jacket showing hints of rubbing to top edge and a touch of soiling to fore edge of block from thumbing. A superb copy that doesn't show any of the typical spine fading. Large octavo, black boards, 457 pages, pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Depending on destination, this item may require additional postage.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Melbourne, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: Literary Cat Books, Machynlleth, Powys, WALES, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Original Boards. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. First Edition; First Impression. With illustrations. Light shelfwear. ; Octavo ; xvi, 457 pages.
Verlag: Oxford University Press, New York, 1994
ISBN 10: 0198539789 ISBN 13: 9780198539780
Anbieter: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, USA
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Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED (inscribed) by author on a bookplate affixed to tiltle page. $25.00 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. 457 pages. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned softcover copy of Penrose-Stephen Hawking book "The Nature of Space and Time). NOTE: No international orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.