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

  by Roger Penrose

  Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. From the very first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest application of infinity in physics, The Road to Reality carefully explores the movement of the smallest atomic particles and reaches into the... (more)
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  The Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

  by Roger Penrose

  In a single work of colossal scope one of the world’s greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe. The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no particular specialist... (more)
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  The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science)

  by Roger Penrose

  For decades, proponents of artificial intelligence have argued that computers will soon be doing everything that a human mind can do. Admittedly, computers now play chess at the grandmaster level, but do they understand the game as we do? Can a computer eventually do everything a human mind can do? In this absorbing and frequently contentious book, Roger Penrose--eminent physicist and winner, with Stephen... (more)