Roger Penrose is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. He has received a number of prizes and awards, including the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on black hole formation, as well as the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics, which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their joint contribution to our understanding of the universe. His books include Cycles of Time, The Road to Reality, The Nature of Space and Time, which he wrote with Hawking, and The Emperor’s New Mind. He has lectured extensively at universities throughout America. He lives in Oxford.
“A surprising and unorthodox work. . . . Deeply enlightening.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“The hyper-density of this book made my brain feel simultaneously
wiped out and dazzled.”
—Anthony Doerr, Best Science Books of the
Year, The Boston Globe
“An intellectual thrill ride. . . . There’s no science fiction
here, no imaginative filling in the gaps. There is, however, a very
strong scientific case for expanding the boundaries of our
thinking.” —Washington Independent Book Review
“Science needs more people like Penrose, willing and able to point
out the flaws in fashionable models from a position of authority
and to signpost alternative roads to follow.” —The Independent
“If you’ll forgive a skiing metaphor, Cycles of Time is a black
diamond of a book. But like all steep slopes, sometimes you take a
moment from your struggles and look up, and in front of you is an
utterly gorgeous view.” —The Boston Globe
“Truly extraordinary. . . . This fascinating book will surely
become a classic in the history of cosmology.” —Choice
“Of interest to anyone who is interested in the world, how it
works, and how it got here. . . . The best thing to do is to take a
deep breath, grab a copy of this fascinating book, and plunge right
in.” —New York Journal of Books
“We must understand why the universe began in an incredibly
special state, so well ordered that 14 billion years later, the
universe still has not reached maximum disorder. Penrose is at his
best when he explains this deep and beautiful mystery, and the book
may be worth reading for this chapter alone.” —Science
“A genuinely new idea about the origins of the universe . . .
[which] must be taken seriously.” —The Scotsman
“As uncondescending in style . . . as his previous books. . .
. [There are] many pleasures to be had.” —The Sunday Times
(London)
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