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The Road to Reality

By Roger Penrose

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| Paperback | 9780099440680

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In a single work of colossal scope one of the world’s greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe.

The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehContinue

In a single work of colossal scope one of the world’s greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe.

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 — 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 philosophical implications, as well as its intricate logical interconnections. Rarely less than challenging, the book is leavened by vivid descriptive passages, as well as hundreds of hand-drawn diagrams.

The Road to Reality was a Sunday Times top-ten bestseller in the hardcover edition, with over 40,000 copies sold.

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  • Mind your p's and q's

    The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose (Vintage, £15) It is not very often that a reviewer recommends a book which he or she is completely unqualified to review; and much less often that the reviewer admits ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Miracles Aren’t Enough

    Roger Penrose is one of the most creative and original mathematical physicists in Britain. This remarkable book is the result of many decades of reflection on our scientific understanding of the physical universe. We have discovered some major things ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010

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    Although Penrose claims you can really just skip over the mathematics in this book, if you're going to really understand what he's on about in more than just a surface sense, you'll really have to be able to follow the numbers behind it.

    If you're a physics major (particularly cosmology), then ... (continue)

    Although Penrose claims you can really just skip over the mathematics in this book, if you're going to really understand what he's on about in more than just a surface sense, you'll really have to be able to follow the numbers behind it.

    If you're a physics major (particularly cosmology), then this book is unmissable.

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    Dusty Admin said on Aug 7, 2006 | Add your feedback

  • must-read for maths and physics literals

    A master piece from Penrose ... please DO NOT compare him with Hawking

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    Lau Siu Sang said on Dec 4, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • Looking forward to reading it. It will take me quite some time! (over a thousand pages of heavy reading). I will let you guys know.

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    Stefano said on Aug 21, 2008 | Add your feedback

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