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- 1000pagine
- 35 ore di lettura
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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
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2004
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- Titolo
- The Road to Reality
- Sottotitolo
- A Complete Guide to the Physical Universe
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Roger Penrose
- Editore
- CAPE JONATHAN (RAND)
- Pubblicato
- 2004
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 1000
- ISBN10
- 0224044478
- ISBN13
- 9780224044479
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Scienza e Matematica, Scienze Naturali, Tematica filosofica, Manuali e guide, Filosofia, Scienza, Matematica, Fisica
- Valutazione
- 4,15 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.