A definitive overview of the physical laws that govern the known universe offers an accessible introduction to the mysteries of cutting-edge science as it describes the physics and mathematics of realtivity, explains the theory of quantum mechanics and the standard model of particle physics, and discusses cosmology, the Big Bang, black holes, string and M theory, and other topics. 35,000 first printing.
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Roger Penrose is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. In 1988 he shared the Wolf Prize for physics with Stephen Hawking for their joint contribution to our understanding of the universe.
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