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Shadows of the mind : a search for the missing science of consciousness / Roger Penrose

This volume examines the physical basis of consciousness, arguing that human thought transcends computation. It explores quantum mechanics, Gödel's incompleteness theorem, and microbiology to propose that a new physics is required to understand the mind.

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