The Road to Reality
by:
Roger Penrose (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099440680 (0099440687)
ASIN: 9780099440680
Publish date: February 12th 2006
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 1136
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Reference,
Computer Science,
Science,
Technical,
Popular Science,
Physics,
Environment,
Nature,
Philosophy,
Astronomy,
Mathematics
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