‘One of the most important works…of the twentieth century’ The TimesShadows of the Mind is a profound exploration of what modern... Læs mere
In a single work of colossal scope one of the world's greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe that we all inhabit. 'Roger Penrose is the most important physicist to work in relativity theory except for Einstein.
What came before the Big Bang? How did the universe begin and must it inevitably end? This book illuminates some of the deepest mysteries of the... Læs mere
This incredible 96-page collection contains every single one of the world famous Altair Design patterns and brings together new designs by Roger Burrows, Prof Roger Penrose, Haifa Khawaja and John Martineau. What do you see? Colour it in!
This volume introduces and systematically develops the calculus of 2-spinors. This is the first detailed exposition of this... Læs mere
In the two volumes that comprise this work Roger Penrose and Wolfgang Rindler introduce the calculus of 2-spinors and the theory of twistors, and discuss in detail how these powerful and elegant methods may be used to elucidate the structure and properties of space-time.
What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely,... Læs mere