The large, the small, and the human mind / (Record no. 4245)
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| fixed length control field | 01248cam a2200241 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0521655382 (pbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0521563305 (hard) |
| 050 00 - CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BF145 |
| Item number | .A23 |
| 100 ## - AUTHOR | |
| Personal name | Roger Penrose |
| 245 04 - TITLE | |
| Title | The large, the small, and the human mind / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Roger Penrose ... [et al.] ; edited by Malcolm Longair. |
| 250 ## - EDITION | |
| Edition statement | 1st pbk. ed., new and rev. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication | 1999. |
| 300 ## - DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xviii, 201 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Table of Content | Preface Malcolm Longair; 1. Space-time and cosmology Roger Penrose; 2. The mysteries of quantum physics Roger Penrose; 3. Physics and the mind Roger Penrose; 4. On mentality, quantum mechanics and the actualization of potentialities Abner Shimony; 5. Why physics? Nancy Cartwright; 6. The objections of an unashamed reductionist Stephen Hawking; 7. Reply Roger Penrose; Appendix I: a new example of Goedel's theorem; Appendix II: proposal for a physical experiment to test quantum state reduction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Artificial intelligence. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Thought and thinking. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Physics |
| General subdivision | Philosophy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Gödel's theorem. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Quantum theory. |
| 700 1# - OTHER AUTHORS | |
| Personal name | Penrose, Roger. |
| 700 1# - OTHER AUTHORS | |
| Personal name | Longair, Malcolm S., |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Methodist University Library Main | Methodist University Library Main | General Stacks | 28/08/2000 | BF145 .A23 | 16378 | Books |