Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe

"This gem of a book is vintage Roger Penrose: eloquently argued and deeply original on every page. His perspective on the present crisis and future promise of physics and cosmology provides an important corrective to fashionable thinking at this crucial moment in science. This book deserves the widest possible hearing among specialists and the public alike. "-Lee Smolin, author of Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe.