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Aimed at the general reader, this guide to the universe provides a comprehensive account of the present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory.
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Extensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It assumes no specialist knowledge and contains vivid descriptive passages as well as hundreds of hand-drawn diagrams. Penrose won the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their joint contribution to our understanding of the universe.
