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Da oltre un secolo la storia della fisica teorica sembra essere dettata da una marcia inarrestabile di trionfi. L'universo in cui viviamo è stato rivoluzionato dalle grandi teorie del XX secolo: la relatività di Einstein e la meccanica quantistica hanno prodotto una spinta propulsiva alla ricerca della Teoria del Tutto che ha portato a conseguire risultati clamorosi: il modello cosmologico standard ci ha permesso di definire l'evoluzione dell'universo dal Big Bang fino a immaginare i suoi possibili destini ultimi, mentre l'imponente architettura matematica fornita attraverso la teoria delle stringhe ci offre una visione elegante della struttura essenziale della materia e dello spaziotempo. Ma tutte queste teorie saranno vere? Saranno corrette? Saranno quelle che, un domani, ci permetteranno di capire meglio e più approfonditamente il mondo in cui viviamo? Il premio Nobel per la fisica Roger Penrose ci mostra, e dimostra, che le cose potrebbero non stare esattamente così. Con lo sguardo penetrante, l'originalità di pensiero e l'indipendenza di giudizio che da sempre ne contraddistinguono la ricerca scientifica e l'opera di divulgazione, anche in questo saggio, già pubblicato da Rizzoli col titolo "Numeri, teoremi & minotauri", Penrose ci fornisce una smisurata conoscenza degli argomenti trattati e una visione unitaria di ricerche, solo apparentemente molto distanti.
- ISBN: 8817155918
- Casa Editrice: BUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli
- Pagine: 672
- Data di uscita: 16-03-2021
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Roger Penrose is 85, and a lot of the material in this book has previously appeared in The Road to Reality and Cycles of Time . By all rights it should be awful, but in fact it's pretty good; none of the standard rules ever seem to apply to him. Incredibly, he's still alert, still active, still worki Leggi tutto
Who did Roger Penrose think his audience was when he was writing this book? It comes across at first blush as a work of popular science, with topics (like the notion of quantum-mechanical spin) being carefully explained. But, while Penrose is usually careful about explaining the physics, he is compl Leggi tutto
Roger Penrose is 85 He is a giant. But Physics has moved away from him and in this book he’s kind of saying “this is where it sounds like I’m leaving things.” Let me get a major gripe out of the way: The book comes with a Mathematical Appendix. I have in my life known a lot more math than there is in Leggi tutto
Excellent book about the current state of our understanding the Universe as seen by famed scientist Roger Penrose (of say the awesome Road to Reality fame); not an easy read especially if you are not a physicist (the math is glossed over more and the explanations are ok with physical sense of the st Leggi tutto
Just a warning. I actually have a degree in physics and still found this book technically overwhelming. This is really for people deeply read in the field.
Road to Reality: New Perspectives In this book, mathematician Roger Penrose provocatively suggest that the community of theoretical physics has engaged in promoting fashionable ideas, that have deep conceptual problems, as frontiers of new physics. The principles of quantum physics and string theory Leggi tutto
I would not be surprised if the editor had suggested a change of the title of this book into “Fashion, Faith, Fantasy and Frustration”. But I assume that Prof Penrose refuses any editorial changes and that is a real shame, because this book could certainly use some. “Frustration” because, whilst Prof Leggi tutto
Ok, because it seems like a lot of people purchased this book without knowing what they were getting into, this is not for the casual, lay reader of science books. There is some very complicated math here and the language is written for those with an expertise in this area, if that is not you, you w Leggi tutto
***I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway*** I love the premise of this book. Fashion, faith, and Fantasy in physics. Brilliant. The author is well known and knowledgeable...what could go wrong? two things. 1. No matter what it says in the description, this is not a book for lay people. You need a p Leggi tutto
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