This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.
Roger PenroseConsciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.
Roger PenroseUnderstanding is, after all, what science is all about โ and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.
Roger PenroseWe have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.
Roger Penrose