The Road to Reality

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, 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.

ISBN 0099440687   Pages 1136 ISBN13 9780099440680 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1362 Publisher Vintage   Published in London Imprint Vintage   Height (mm) 234 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 156 Publication date 02 Feb 2006   Spine width (mm) 60 DEWEY 500.2   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

"'A truly remarkable book...this is just the sort of book that could inspire mathematical awakenings' Sunday Times"

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Prologue

Am-tep was the King's chief craftsman, an artist of consummate skills. It was night, and he lay sleeping on his workshop couch, tired after a handsomely productive evening's work. But his sleep was restless — perhaps from an intangible tension that had seemed to be in the air. Indeed, he was not certain that he was asleep at all when it happened. Daytime had come — quite suddenly — when his bones told him that surely it must still be night.  (read more)