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100			_aRoger Penrose _910172
245			_aRoad to Reality: A Complete guide to the Law of the Universe
260			_aLondon _bJonathan Cape _c2004
300			_axxviii,1094 p. _bHB _c24x16 cm.
365			_b30.00 _c£ _d30.00
520			_aThe 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, so that, 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. The Road to Reality is rarely less than challenging, but the book is leavened by vivid descriptive passages, as well as hundreds of hand-drawn diagrams. 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 that we all inhabit. 'Roger Penrose is the most important physicist to work in relativity theory except for Einstein. He is one of the very few people I've met in my life who, without reservation, I call a genius' Lee Smolin _uhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/226597688_The_Road_to_Reality_A_Complete_Guide_to_the_Laws_of_the_Universe
650			_aScience _910173
650			_aPhysics _910174
650			_aQuantum Theory _910175
650			_aMathematical Physics _910176
650			_aRealism _910177
700			_aPENROSE (Roger) _910178
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