Penrose R. The Large, the Small and the Human Mind 1997

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Roger Penrose's views on the large-scale physics of the Universe, the small-scale world of quantum physics and the physics of the mind are controversial and widely discussed. This book is a fascinating and accessible summary of Roger Penrose's current thinking on those areas of physics in which he feels there are major unresolved problems. It is also a stimulating introduction to the radically new concepts that he believes will be fruitful in understanding the workings of the brain and the nature of the human mind.
Notes on the Contributors
Picture Credits
Foreword by Malcolm Longair
Space-time and Cosmology
The Mysteries of Quantum Physics
Physics and the Mind
On Mentality, Quantum Mechanics and the Actualization of Potentialities
Why Physics?
The Objections of an Unashamed Reductionist
Roger Penrose Responds
Appendix 1: Goodstein's Theorem and Mathematical Thinking
Appendix 2: Experiments to Test Gravitationally Induced State Reduction