This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.

But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

Quantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense.

Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has.

With thought comprising a non-computational element, computers can never do what we human beings can.

Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.

It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them.