Road to Reality by Roger Penrose [Repost]

This is arguably the most important work of science, aimed at the general reader, to be published in living memory.
This 1000-page guide to the universe aims to provide a comprehensive account of our present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. It attempts to convey an overall understanding – a feeling for the deep beauty and philosophical connotations of the subject, as well as of its intricate logical interconnections.
TOPICS COVERED:
• numbers and geometry in physics
• the ideas and magic of calculus
• notions of infinity
• relativity theory
• quantum mechanics
• particle physics
• cosmology
• the big bang
• black holes
• the second law of thermodynamics
• string and M theory
• loop quantum gravity
• twisters
• fashions in science