The Emperor's New Mind

Roger Penrose. Penguin Books, $17.95 (480pp) ISBN 978-0-14-014534-2

A physicist who believes that some aspects of the human mind will never be duplicated by artificial intelligence here supports his view with material drawn from quantum mechanics, brain structure and other theories. 75,000 first printing. (Jan.)

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