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Each week '''[https://discord.gg/v2gKpkq The Road to Reality Book Club]''' tackles a chapter of Sir Roger Penrose's [[Graph,_Wall,_Tome#The_Tome | Epic Tome]]. We use these meetings as an opportunity to write down the major points to be taken from our reading. Here we attempt to sum up what we believe Penrose was trying to convey and why. The hope is that these community-generated reading notes will benefit people in the future as they go on the same journey. | Each week '''[https://discord.gg/v2gKpkq The Road to Reality Book Club]''' tackles a chapter of Sir Roger Penrose's [[Graph,_Wall,_Tome#The_Tome | Epic Tome]]. We use these meetings as an opportunity to write down the major points to be taken from our reading. Here we attempt to sum up what we believe Penrose was trying to convey and why. The hope is that these community-generated reading notes will benefit people in the future as they go on the same journey. | ||
== Other Resources == | |||
* [https://discord.gg/3xgrNwJ The Portal Book Club] - We have a weekly group that meets to talk about this book. Come join us in Discord! | |||
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XabH2WM24GklXoAyrGkD3XgtplcWoSH3e2tde4jL_vI/edit# Chronological guide to concepts introduced in TRTR Google Doc] | |||
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IBkAl2JrCAEEjUFT12lCs8mGnoaqQzBr Book Club Resources in Google Drive] | |||
== Chapter 1 The Roots of Science == | == Chapter 1 The Roots of Science == | ||
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* Fundamental theory of calculus shows integration and differentiation are inverse operations. | * Fundamental theory of calculus shows integration and differentiation are inverse operations. | ||
* If we integrated then differentiate, we get the same answer back. Non-commutative the other way. | * If we integrated then differentiate, we get the same answer back. Non-commutative the other way. | ||