The large, the small, and the human mind / Roger Penrose ... [et al.] ; edited by Malcolm Longair.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.Edition: 1st pbk. ed., new and revDescription: xviii, 201 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0521655382 (pbk.)
- 0521563305 (hard)
- BF145 .A23
Contents:
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.
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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.
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