A Tome

Interesting read, a review actually, of physicist Roger Penrose’s newest tome The Road to Reality. The review, written by Martin Gardner and published by The New Criterion, is titled “Theory of everything."

Gardner cautions that Penrose’s tome,

”...is on a technical level far beyond the reach of readers unable, as Penrose warns, to handle simple fractions."

Fair enough.  I’ve got my fractions down, though I admit to ignorance in other areas of mathematics.  But that doesn’t scare me, warnings are simply cautions to handle the current situation with care.

Could be an interesting read, even at 85 bucks.

Link via Fred Lapides.

Posted by on 10/15 at 06:56 PM

  1. The review certainly makes the case for me as to it’s value, especially since Minkowski’s space is discussed. You once pointed to a paper by Targ and Puhtoff which figured Minkowski’s space in their theory.

    Posted by  on  10/16  at  12:17 AM

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