RyanJ Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Hi everyone! I've been away for a while, with exams and being quite ill the last month but getting better now and I'm thining of starting anew book called The Road To Reality by Roger Penrose. Has anyone actually read this book and have any comments on weather its worth getting ro not, the way I see it for £15 its well worth the money but I'm interested in peoples comments too -- Ryan Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Yes, it is a most awesome book, however it has maths that are over my head. I bought it after having read another of Penrose's books, Shadows of the Mind, which was, to put it bluntly, completely absurd. Penrose may be an awesome physicist, but when it comes to consciousness, he's completely lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Yes' date=' it is a most awesome book, however it has maths that are over my head. I bought it after having read another of Penrose's books, [i']Shadows of the Mind[/i], which was, to put it bluntly, completely absurd. Penrose may be an awesome physicist, but when it comes to consciousness, he's completely lost. Aren't we all? I read most of Penrose's "Emperor's New Mind" and found it quite interesting. The math's were over my head there also but I think I got an impression of where he was going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanJ Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 Yes' date=' it is a most awesome book, however it has maths that are over my head. I bought it after having read another of Penrose's books, [i']Shadows of the Mind[/i], which was, to put it bluntly, completely absurd. Penrose may be an awesome physicist, but when it comes to consciousness, he's completely lost. Hmm - OK. Thanks - I'll get the book anyway and see how much of it I can understand anyway For £15 you can't go far wrong anyway! -- Ryan jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 I have a signed copy that I picked up in Oxford. I would agree with bascule, it is not an easy book and does contain a lot of modern mathematics. Pick it up and see what you can get out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanJ Posted September 17, 2006 Author Share Posted September 17, 2006 Just an update: Got a copy of the book and so far it hasn't been to hard to understand (some of the maths will take me a while to research and uderstand though). Seems like an interesting book -- Ryan Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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