Editorial Reviews
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Praise for The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose
“A truly remarkable book...Penrose does much to reveal the beauty and subtlety that connects nature and the human imagination, demonstrating that the quest to understand the reality of our physical world, and the extent and limits of our mental capacities, is an awesome, never-ending journey rather than a one-way cul-de-sac.”
—London Sunday Times
“Penrose’s work is genuinely magnificent, and the most stimulating book I have read in a long time.”
—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.”
—The Independent
“What a joy it is to read a book that doesn't simplify, doesn't dodge the difficult questions, and doesn't always pretend to have answers...Penrose’s appetite is heroic, his knowledge encyclopedic, his modesty a reminder that not all physicists claim to be able to explain the world in 250 pages.”
—London Times
“For physics fans, the high point of the year will undoubtedly be The Road to Reality.”
—Guardian
From the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
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.
The Road to Reality
The Road to Reality,Roger Penrose,Vintage Books,0099440687,Astrophysics & Space Science,Physics,Science,Popular science,Science / General
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