Author:Roger Penrose
‘One of the most important works…of the twentieth century’ The Times
Shadows of the Mind is a profound exploration of what modern physics has to tell us about the human mind.
A visionary description of what a new physics - one that is adequate to account for our extraordinary brain - might look like. It is also a bold speculation on the biological process that makes consciousness what it is.
In this illuminating book Penrose provides powerful arguments to support his conclusion that there is something in the conscious activity of the brain that transcends computation – something that can’t be explained by present-day science.
Penrose has come closer than anyone to a rigorous discussion of the most intriguing problems of all: what are we? How do we think? And what is it that makes us human?
—— The TimesClearly the product of a brilliant mind
—— Times Literary SupplementHis book may be the first accessible report to a general readership about the site, if not the actual substance, of the holy grail of consciousness - the precise point where quantum activity interacts with classical physical activity in the brain... His passionate attempt at popular exposition lends importance to a debate that he believes too crucial to be left to the specialists alone
—— Sunday TimesCaptivating... An evolutionary biologist with interesting and amusing things to tell us
—— Wall Street JournalEye-popping, filthy and funny
—— Literary ReviewIn this witty account of his year, Hickman discusses matters that are of importance to us all...
—— Glasgow HeraldThis is the book you need to kick-start a green and guilt-free lifestyle.
—— V MagazineHis account of the year is very entertaining.
—— Colchester Evening Gazette
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