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A somewhat related book I recommend is The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose.

by vizard 18y ago

yan 18y ago
It's staring at me from my book shelf, laughing that I won't get around to starting it.
- tricky 18y ago
  start reading it tonight. it is an amazing book.
  - yan 18y ago
    I'm sure. I read 'emperor's new mind' and loved it for the most part. I have quite a bit of a backlog of books that are earlier in the queue before I get to it. Which reminds me, we should consider the semantics of starting a science/math/etc book club dedicated to important books and concepts.
- MikeCapone 18y ago
  I'm in the exact same situation. I've actually read a few dozen pages, but got sidetracked/intimidated...
acangiano 18y ago
Thank you. Just ordered.
newt0311 18y ago
Another great book by the same: The Emperor's New Mind. Covers everything from Turing machines to the Mandelbrot set to Quantum Mechanics. An amazing read.
- dkasper 18y ago
  This one, I might add, is available on Google Books.
  - sielskr 18y ago
    --for some sense of the word "available"
pmjordan 18y ago
I should probably read one of his books, seeing as he was at my graduation ceremony and got his honorary professorship. (from what I remember about his speech there wasn't much more than the usual "inspirational" stuff, though)
paraschopra 18y ago
I have that book but never got courage it read it. It is one of the books which you absolutely want to read but never have courage to do so.
- wheels 18y ago
  I've got it, have tried to read parts of it, and have found it mostly too terse to follow. Maybe it's different if you're attempting to read it cover to cover. I bought it mostly as a quick-reference for the parts of physics I'd not had much exposure to.
michael_nielsen 18y ago
A book in a similar vein is "A Grand Unified Tour of Theoretical Physics", by Ian Lawrie. While I admire Penrose's book, I believe Lawrie's is written at a more consistent level and is probably more accessible to many (though not all) people.
- sielskr 18y ago
  the author of this comment and book recommendation is an accomplished professional physicist of no little reputation. Apparently he does not want to toot his own horn here on this site, so I'll do it for him.

A somewhat related book I recommend is The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose.

by vizard 18y ago

A somewhat related book I recommend is The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose.

yan 18y ago

It's staring at me from my book shelf, laughing that I won't get around to starting it.

tricky 18y ago
start reading it tonight. it is an amazing book.
- yan 18y ago
  I'm sure. I read 'emperor's new mind' and loved it for the most part. I have quite a bit of a backlog of books that are earlier in the queue before I get to it. Which reminds me, we should consider the semantics of starting a science/math/etc book club dedicated to important books and concepts.
MikeCapone 18y ago
I'm in the exact same situation. I've actually read a few dozen pages, but got sidetracked/intimidated...

acangiano 18y ago

Thank you. Just ordered.

newt0311 18y ago

Another great book by the same: The Emperor's New Mind. Covers everything from Turing machines to the Mandelbrot set to Quantum Mechanics. An amazing read.

dkasper 18y ago
This one, I might add, is available on Google Books.
- sielskr 18y ago
  --for some sense of the word "available"

pmjordan 18y ago

I should probably read one of his books, seeing as he was at my graduation ceremony and got his honorary professorship. (from what I remember about his speech there wasn't much more than the usual "inspirational" stuff, though)

paraschopra 18y ago

I have that book but never got courage it read it. It is one of the books which you absolutely want to read but never have courage to do so.

wheels 18y ago
I've got it, have tried to read parts of it, and have found it mostly too terse to follow. Maybe it's different if you're attempting to read it cover to cover. I bought it mostly as a quick-reference for the parts of physics I'd not had much exposure to.

michael_nielsen 18y ago

A book in a similar vein is "A Grand Unified Tour of Theoretical Physics", by Ian Lawrie. While I admire Penrose's book, I believe Lawrie's is written at a more consistent level and is probably more accessible to many (though not all) people.

sielskr 18y ago
the author of this comment and book recommendation is an accomplished professional physicist of no little reputation. Apparently he does not want to toot his own horn here on this site, so I'll do it for him.