《The Road To Reality》

by Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose (Author)

Product details

Paperback: 1099 pages

Publisher: Vintage Books USA; Reprint edition (2 Jan. 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0679776311

ISBN-13: 978-0679776314

Product Dimensions:15.5 x 3 x 23.6 cm

Product Description

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.

Aboutthe author

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.