''Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe '' is a book by mathematical physicist
Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, an emeritus fello ...
, released in September 2016. The book is based on his lectures that he gave at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
in 2003.
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." 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."
References
External links
Penrose, R.: Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe - IllustrationsRoger Penrose - Fashion, Faith and Fantasy - Lecture 1, YouTube. Oct 15, 2016amiri jeans{{Roger Penrose
2016 non-fiction books
Princeton University Press books
Popular physics books
Works by Roger Penrose