<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>187101</id>
  <title><![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0521785723]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780521785723]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">187101</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">7</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">1437825</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1997</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Large, the Small and the Human Mind</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:31|5:6|4:7|3:16|1:2|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">31</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">108</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">65</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.48]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[25]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[3]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>1409</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Roger Penrose]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1409.Roger_Penrose]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.80</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>701</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>102</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="65">
      <review>
  <id>19112598</id>
    <user>
    <id>655723</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Nick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/655723-nick]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1261705149p3/655723.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1261705149p2/655723.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.44</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>25</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 31 11:27:13 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 31 11:29:25 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Not only have some of the weaker passages from Penrose been collected in this volume, but those chosen don't even fit together well. Most disappointing, as Penrose is my favorite physicist-author and Canto is easily the most exciting publishing line I've seen come 'round in years...this edition was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19112598">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19112598]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19112598]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>297429</id>
    <user>
    <id>26188</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jafar]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/26188-jafar]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1177612525p3/26188.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1177612525p2/26188.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 16 22:28:57 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 16 22:33:27 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A physicist who feel so strongly about <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27543.Artificial_Intelligence_A_Modern_Approach_2nd_Edition_" title="Artificial Intelligence  A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) by Stuart J. Russell">artificial intelligence</a> that he has written three books refuting the computational model of brain.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/297429]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/297429]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>5107539</id>
    <user>
    <id>308754</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Cavolonero]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sebastopol, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/308754-cavolonero]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224621338p3/308754.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224621338p2/308754.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 25 13:53:33 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 28 11:39:42 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Incoherent]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5107539]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5107539]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81678856</id>
    <user>
    <id>2155656</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Roberto]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santiago, 12, Chile]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2155656-roberto-arce]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1611681</id>
  <isbn>8446025639</isbn>
  <isbn13>9788446025634</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Lo Grande, Lo Pequeno Y La Mente Humana]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1611681.Lo_Grande_Lo_Pequeno_Y_La_Mente_Humana</link>
  <average_rating>0.0</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>0</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Will quantum physics let us reduce consciousness to computation? Roger Penrose says &quot;no&quot; with great force and eloquence in <em>The Large, the Small, and the Human Mind</em>. Prepared as a series of three lectures in Cambridge's Tanner Series on Human Values, the material is both meticulously thought out and informally presented, including many illustrations by Penrose and others. For publication, the author sought out rebuttals and commentary by philosophers Abner Shimony and Nancy Cartwright, as well as his own colleague and occasional rival, the well-known theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. Penrose then reserves the last word for himself, an author's prerogative. The result is a sharp but polite argument on the nature of thinking and its reducibility. Readers familiar with <em>The Emperor's New Mind</em> and <em>Shadow of the Mind</em> will find the arguments from quantum physics fleshed out in greater detail, but also attacked with good-natured aplomb. Those who missed out on Penrose's older forays into this territory (or are somehow uninterested in the nature of thought) will find this an excellent broad overview of the modern conception of physics, from subatomic shenanigans to the radius of the universe, as well as a stimulating debate among several great modern thinkers. Despite Penrose's certainty that our brains can't be modeled by computational systems--and hence that strong artificial intelligence will remain in science fiction--the argument continues, and will continue for some time. <em>The Large, the Small, and the Human Mind</em> crystallizes that debate for readers who want to keep up with the latest thinking about thinking. <em>--Rob Lightner</em>]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 21 13:25:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 21 13:25:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81678856]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81678856]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>80165545</id>
    <user>
    <id>2568910</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Rejeev]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Trivandrum, 07, India]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2568910-rejeev-divakaran]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260034572p3/2568910.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260034572p2/2568910.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 07 08:10:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 07 08:10:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80165545]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80165545]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78326555</id>
    <user>
    <id>2904177</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Meredith]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2904177-meredith]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1258338200p3/2904177.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1258338200p2/2904177.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 19 10:29:49 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 19 10:29:49 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78326555]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78326555]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>75007489</id>
    <user>
    <id>248802</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Akbrumley]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Overland Park, KS]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/248802-akbrumley]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 19 07:12:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 19 07:12:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75007489]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75007489]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>74613293</id>
    <user>
    <id>2590622</id>
    <name><![CDATA[John ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Jackson, MS]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2590622-john-ervin]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249338160p3/2590622.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249338160p2/2590622.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6552881</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6552881-the-large-the-small-and-the-human-mind</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this book, Roger Penrose presents a masterly summary of those areas of physics in which he feels there are major unsolved problems. These ideas are then challenged by three distinguished experts from different backgrounds - Abner Shimony and Nancy Cartwright as Philosophers of science and Stephen Hawking as a theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Finally, Roger Penrose responds to their thought-provoking criticisms. This paperback edition has been updated to include a striking and easily accessible example of Gödel's theorem, and a ground-breaking proposal for a physical experiment designed to test some of Penrose's most novel ideas about quantum mechanics. Penrose's enthusiasm, insight and good humour shine through this accessible, illuminating, and brilliant account of 21st-century theoretical physics.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 15 08:05:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 15 08:05:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74613293]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74613293]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>73489155</id>
    <user>
    <id>1789533</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Maxim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Russian Federation]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1789533-maxim]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 05 02:05:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 05 02:05:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73489155]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73489155]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>70452150</id>
    <user>
    <id>2714593</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Mr.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Broomfield, CO]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2714593-mr-lindenwillow]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252392580p3/2714593.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252392580p2/2714593.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 08 05:25:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 08 05:25:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70452150]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70452150]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>68956399</id>
    <user>
    <id>776577</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Helen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New Rochelle, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/776577-helen]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241634084p3/776577.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241634084p2/776577.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 26 09:15:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 26 09:15:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68956399]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68956399]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>68239898</id>
    <user>
    <id>2648886</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Peter]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Little Silver, NJ]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2648886-peter]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1447123</id>
  <isbn>0521563305</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521563307</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183694592m/1447123.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183694592s/1447123.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1447123.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Will quantum physics let us reduce consciousness to computation? Roger Penrose says &quot;no&quot; with great force and eloquence in <em>The Large, the Small, and the Human Mind</em>. Prepared as a series of three lectures in Cambridge's Tanner Series on Human Values, the material is both meticulously thought out and informally presented, including many illustrations by Penrose and others. For publication, the author sought out rebuttals and commentary by philosophers Abner Shimony and Nancy Cartwright, as well as his own colleague and occasional rival, the well-known theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. Penrose then reserves the last word for himself, an author's prerogative. The result is a sharp but polite argument on the nature of thinking and its reducibility. Readers familiar with <em>The Emperor's New Mind</em> and <em>Shadow of the Mind</em> will find the arguments from quantum physics fleshed out in greater detail, but also attacked with good-natured aplomb. Those who missed out on Penrose's older forays into this territory (or are somehow uninterested in the nature of thought) will find this an excellent broad overview of the modern conception of physics, from subatomic shenanigans to the radius of the universe, as well as a stimulating debate among several great modern thinkers. Despite Penrose's certainty that our brains can't be modeled by computational systems--and hence that strong artificial intelligence will remain in science fiction--the argument continues, and will continue for some time. <em>The Large, the Small, and the Human Mind</em> crystallizes that debate for readers who want to keep up with the latest thinking about thinking. <em>--Rob Lightner</em>]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 20 14:52:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 20 14:52:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68239898]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68239898]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>65628023</id>
    <user>
    <id>1739903</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Stephen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philippines]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1739903-stephen]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1257757512p3/1739903.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1257757512p2/1739903.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 31 01:17:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 31 01:17:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65628023]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65628023]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>65581783</id>
    <user>
    <id>2554323</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Orlando, FL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2554323-chris-byron]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249265294p3/2554323.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249265294p2/2554323.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 30 15:54:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 30 15:54:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65581783]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65581783]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>64432625</id>
    <user>
    <id>2547009</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Gabriele]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2547009-gabriele]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 21 16:34:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 21 16:34:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64432625]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64432625]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>63185328</id>
    <user>
    <id>2515177</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Dmitriy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2515177-dmitriy]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 12 14:53:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 12 14:53:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63185328]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63185328]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>62234429</id>
    <user>
    <id>300406</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Liz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mill Run, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/300406-liz]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198944114p3/300406.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198944114p2/300406.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 05 13:58:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 05 13:58:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62234429]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62234429]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>61113463</id>
    <user>
    <id>2459318</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Deniz Cem]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Istanbul, 34, Turkey]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2459318-deniz-cem-nduygu]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1253647974p3/2459318.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1253647974p2/2459318.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="half-read" />
        <shelf name="science" />
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 25 16:17:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 25 16:17:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61113463]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61113463]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>60142678</id>
    <user>
    <id>1841156</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Pozz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Zagreb, 14, Croatia]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1841156-pozz-draww]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">187101</id>
  <isbn>0521785723</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780521785723</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220m/187101.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172537220s/187101.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/187101.The_Large_the_Small_and_the_Human_Mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[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.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 18 01:41:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 18 01:41:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60142678]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60142678]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>59914087</id>
    <user>
    <id>1215042</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Tigger]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Moscow, Russian Federation]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1215042-tigger]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241287291p3/1215042.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241287291p2/1215042.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6552881</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Large, the Small and the Human Mind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6552881-the-large-the-small-and-the-human-mind</link>
  <average_rating>3.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>31</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In this book, Roger Penrose presents a masterly summary of those areas of physics in which he feels there are major unsolved problems. These ideas are then challenged by three distinguished experts from different backgrounds - Abner Shimony and Nancy Cartwright as Philosophers of science and Stephen Hawking as a theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Finally, Roger Penrose responds to their thought-provoking criticisms. This paperback edition has been updated to include a striking and easily accessible example of Gödel's theorem, and a ground-breaking proposal for a physical experiment designed to test some of Penrose's most novel ideas about quantum mechanics. Penrose's enthusiasm, insight and good humour shine through this accessible, illuminating, and brilliant account of 21st-century theoretical physics.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1997</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 16 12:25:14 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 17 03:58:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59914087]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59914087]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="science" />
          <shelf name="half-read" />
          <shelf name="physics" />
          <shelf name="mathematics-" />
          <shelf name="-philosophy" />
          <shelf name="education" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="brain_research" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=187101</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>