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The Road to Reality, some 1000 pages long, aims to provide a comprehensive account of our present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. No particular mathematical knowledge on the part of the reader is assumed - the early chapters providing the essential mathematical background for the physical theories described in the remainder of the book. The aim is to convey something of an overall understanding - a feeling for the deep beauty and philosophical connotations of the subject, as well as of its intricate logical interconnections. Clearly, a work of this nature is challenging, but there is enough descriptive material to carry the less mathematically inclined reader through, as well as some 450-500, mostly hand-drawn, figures. The book provides a feeling for all the key issues and deep current controversies, and counters the common complaint that cutting-edge science is fundamentally inaccessible.
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The Road to Reality, Roger Penrose
- Language
- Released
- 2004
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- The Road to Reality
- Subtitle
- A Complete Guide to the Physical Universe
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Roger Penrose
- Publisher
- CAPE JONATHAN (RAND)
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 1000
- ISBN10
- 0224044478
- ISBN13
- 9780224044479
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Philosophical Topics, References & Manuals, Philosophy, Science, Mathematics, Physics
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- The Road to Reality, some 1000 pages long, aims to provide a comprehensive account of our present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. No particular mathematical knowledge on the part of the reader is assumed - the early chapters providing the essential mathematical background for the physical theories described in the remainder of the book. The aim is to convey something of an overall understanding - a feeling for the deep beauty and philosophical connotations of the subject, as well as of its intricate logical interconnections. Clearly, a work of this nature is challenging, but there is enough descriptive material to carry the less mathematically inclined reader through, as well as some 450-500, mostly hand-drawn, figures. The book provides a feeling for all the key issues and deep current controversies, and counters the common complaint that cutting-edge science is fundamentally inaccessible.