Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
Book by Roger Penrose
978-0691119793Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe is a book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, released in September 2016. The book is based on his lectures that he gave at Princeton University in 2003.[1][2][3]
Content
The first three Chapters discussed three important theories with the feature of fashion, faith and fantasy, respectively. They are the string theory (fashion), quantum mechanics (faith) and the current cosmology theory (fantasy). From Chapter 4, Penrose introduced his own theory, including the controversial Conformal Cyclic Cosmology.
The book is aimed for general readers, and the text is non-technical.
Reception
A reviewer of Publishers Weekly stated "Acclaimed English mathematical physicist Penrose ... gets to the heart of modern physics’ problem with subjectivity in this insightful and provocative pop-sci title... He writes with clarity and authority in this dense but rewarding discussion of scientific stumbles in the search for truth."[4] Graham Farmelo of The Guardian commented "It seems from Faith, Fashion and Fantasy that Penrose has not felt comfortable with any of the radical new ideas in fundamental physics that have been set out in the past 40 years."[5]
References
- ^ "MEETING THE KING OF THE TWISTOR". grahamfarmelo.com. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe Roger Penrose". Princeton University Press. press.princeton.edu. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Roger Penrose: Faith, Fashion and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe". Princeton University. lectures.princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ Farmelo, Graham (12 November 2016). "Fashion, Faith and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe by Roger Penrose – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
External links
- Penrose, R.: Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe - Illustrations
- Roger Penrose - Fashion, Faith and Fantasy - Lecture 1, YouTube. Oct 15, 2016
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Roger Penrose
- The Emperor's New Mind (1989)
- Shadows of the Mind (1994)
- The Road to Reality (2004)
- Cycles of Time (2010)
- Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe (2016)
- The Nature of Space and Time (with Stephen Hawking) (1996)
- The Large, the Small and the Human Mind (with Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright and Stephen Hawking) (1997)
- White Mars or, The Mind Set Free (with Brian W. Aldiss) (1999)
- Twistor theory
- Spin network
- Abstract index notation
- Black hole bomb
- Geometry of spacetime
- Cosmic censorship
- Weyl curvature hypothesis
- Penrose inequalities
- Penrose interpretation of quantum mechanics
- Moore–Penrose inverse
- Newman–Penrose formalism
- Penrose diagram
- Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems
- Riemannian Penrose inequality
- Penrose process
- Penrose tiling
- Penrose triangle
- Penrose stairs
- Penrose graphical notation
- Penrose transform
- Penrose–Terrell effect
- Orchestrated objective reduction/Penrose–Lucas argument
- FELIX experiment
- Trapped surface
- Andromeda paradox
- Conformal cyclic cosmology
- Lionel Penrose (father)
- Oliver Penrose (brother)
- Jonathan Penrose (brother)
- Shirley Hodgson (sister)
- John Beresford Leathes (grandfather)
- Illumination problem
- Quantum mind
