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From: andrew@dtg.nsc.com (Lord Snooty @ The Giant Poisoned Electric Head       )
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Emperor's New Mind
Summary: us mags
Keywords: Penrose, AI, physics
Message-ID: <134@daedalus.nsc.com>
Date: 24 Dec 89 02:19:19 GMT
References: <851@holin.ATT.COM>
Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara
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In article <851@holin.ATT.COM>, eskt@holin.ATT.COM (Eddie Tam) writes:
> Has anyone read the new book, "The Emperor's New Mind, concerning computers,
> ...is getting rave reviews in British magazines and journals such as the
> Economist, and Nature. Curiously, I have yet to be able to find a review
> of it in an American magazine or journal. Is this a case of Trans-Atlantic
> snobbery, or just my oversight?

I think Scientific American has referred to it. In general, I think that
the educated US citizen gets a raw deal on good magazines compared with
his/her European counterparts. "The Economist" has no equal here. "New
Scientist" is also excellent - of course the exception to my statement
is "Scientific American" which never fails to delight me.

I haven't even read my backlog .. ("Who Got Einstein's Office?", "Penrose
Tilings and Trapdoor Ciphers", etc. etc.) so I'll hope someone else can
provide a review here. Come to think of it - I think you might find one
if you check back about a 100 articles in comp.ai.
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