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The Road to Reality: A Complete guide to the Laws of the Universe
Roger Penrose
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Description for The Road to Reality: A Complete guide to the Laws of the Universe
Paperback. Aimed at the general reader, this guide to the universe provides a comprehensive account of the present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. Num Pages: 1136 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1348.
The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no particular specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, so that, for example, the early chapters give us the vital mathematical background to the physical theories explored later in the book. Roger Penrose's purpose is to describe as clearly as possible our present understanding of the universe and to convey a feeling for its deep beauty and ... Read more
The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no particular specialist knowledge on the part of the reader, so that, for example, the early chapters give us the vital mathematical background to the physical theories explored later in the book. Roger Penrose's purpose is to describe as clearly as possible our present understanding of the universe and to convey a feeling for its deep beauty and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099440680
SKU
V9780099440680
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Ref
99-96
About Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He has received a number of prizes and awards, including the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their joint contribution to our understanding of the universe.
Reviews for The Road to Reality: A Complete guide to the Laws of the Universe
Penrose is truly one of the world's leading mathematical physicists. Genuinely magnificent and stimulating
Scotland on Sunday
Science needs more people like Penrose, willing and able to point out the flaws in fashionable models from a position of authority, and to signpost alternative roads to follow
Independent
This is a tour de ... Read more
Scotland on Sunday
Science needs more people like Penrose, willing and able to point out the flaws in fashionable models from a position of authority, and to signpost alternative roads to follow
Independent
This is a tour de ... Read more