The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe.

PENROSE, Roger.

$75.00

Item Number: 145173

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

First American edition of this comprehensive and sophisticated account of the physical universe and its underlying mathematical components. Octavo, original half cloth, 390 illustrations of mathematical diagrams. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Jacket photograph by Brenda Tharp. Author photograph by Jerry Bauer.

'The Road to Reality' is an incredible feat of intellect from the mind of Roger Penrose, a book that provides in-depth looks at scientific theory while demonstrating the complex beauty of the world's inner-workings. "What a joy it is to read a book that doesn't simplify, doesn't dodge the difficult questions, and doesn't always pretend to have answers ... Penrose's appetite is heroic, his knowledge encyclopedic, his modesty a reminder that not all physicists claim to be able to explain the world in 250 pages" (Nigel Hawkes, The Times, London).