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The Road to Reality:

A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jan 9, 2007 - Science - 1099 pages
Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. From the very first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest application of infinity in physics, The Road to Reality carefully explores the movement of the smallest atomic particles and reaches into the vastness of intergalactic space. Here, Penrose examines the mathematical foundations of the physical universe, exposing the underlying beauty of physics and giving us one the most important works in modern science writing.

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Great explanations end-to-end, like the visual emphasis - Goodreads
Full of strange pictures and even stranger ideas. - Goodreads
This books is great as a reference manual. - Goodreads
But it is a great overview for non-physicists. - Goodreads
Introduction: Don't be afraid of math! - Goodreads
Expect to get through this book at a snail's pace. - Goodreads

Review: The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

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There are three great things about this book (apart from the subject itself, which is the reason that I read it in the first place); the scope, the structure, and the level of detail. The scope is ...

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A masterpiece by Roger Penrose, he talked a Plenty of very interesting topics, his explanations are Very intuitive. He joins many different fields in a very great way (Philosophy, history of mathematics, mathematics and modern physics)

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About the author (2007)

Roger Penrose is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. 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. His books include The Emperor's New Mind, Shadows of the Mind, and The Nature of Space and Time, which he wrote with Hawking. He has lectured extensively at universities throughout America. He lives in Oxford.

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