Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose: Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe

Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe


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This groundbreaking book presents a new perspective on three of cosmology's essential questions: What came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our universe? And what cosmic future awaits us? Penrose shows how the expected fate of our ever-accelerating and expanding universe--heat death or ultimate entropy--can actually be reinterpreted as the conditions that will begin a new "Big Bang." He details the basic principles beneath our universe, explaining various standard and non-standard cosmological models, the fundamental role of the cosmic microwave background, the paramount significance of black holes, and other basic building blocks of contemporary physics. Intellectually thrilling and widely accessible, "Cycles of Time" is a welcome new contribution to our understanding of the universe from one of our greatest mathematicians and thinkers.

Previously published as Alcestis and Other Plays, the Penguin Classics edition of Euripides' Medea and Other Plays is translated by John Davie with introductions and notes by Richard Rutherford. Medea, in Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe ebook pdf which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking of all the Greek tragedies. Medea is a towering figure who demonstrates Euripides' unusual willingness to give voice to a woman's case. Alcestis is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and the Children of Heracles examines conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus deals with self-destructive integrity. These plays show Euripides transforming awesome figures of Greek myths into recognisable, fallible human beings. John Davie's accessible prose translation is accompanied by a general introduction and individual prefaces to each play. Euripides (c.485-07 BC) was an Athenian born into a family of considerable rank. Disdaining the public duties expected of him, Euripides spent a life of quiet introspection, spending much of his life in a cave on Salamis.


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Author: Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose
Number of Pages: 288 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780307278463
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