The Einstein Enigma

Tomás Noronha #2

by José Rodrigues dos Santos, Lisa Carter (Translator)

Combining the thrilling narrative style and imagination of Dan Brown and James Rollins with the intellectual depth of Umberto Eco and Matthew Pearl, José Rodrigues dos Santos dazzles with his remarkable thriller, The Einstein Enigma. The internationally bestselling author of Codex 632, dos Santos combines cryptology, international espionage, and a secret formula created by the most famous physicist of all time, Albert Einstein—and masterfully fuses science with religion in a breathtaking Da Vinci Code-like mix—in a novel guaranteed to get the heart and the mind both racing furiously.

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Romance, Portuguese Literature, Mystery, Portugal, Roman

496 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

José Rodrigues dos Santos is the bestselling novelist in Portugal. He is the author of five essays and eight novels, including Portuguese blockbusters Codex 632, which sold 192 000 copies, The Einstein Enigma, 178 000 copies, The Seventh Seal, 190 000 copies, and The Wrath of God, 176 000 copies. His overall sales are above one million books, astonishing figures considering Portugal’s tiny market.

José’s fiction is published or is about to be published in 17 languages. His novel The Wrath of God won the 2009 Porto Literary Club Award and his other novel Codex 632 was longlisted for the 2010 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

His first novel, The Island of Darkness, is in the process of being adapted for cinema by one of Portugal’s leading film directors, Leonel Vieira.

José is also a journalist and a university lecturer. He works for Portuguese public television, where he presents RTP’s Evening News. As a reporter he has covered wars around the globe, including Angola, East Timor, South Africa, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Bosnia, Serbia, Lebanon and Georgia. He has been awarded three times by CNN for his reporting and twice by the Portuguese Press Club.

José teaches journalism at Lisbon’s New University and has a Ph. D. on war reporting.

Reviews

[Erik Malvick · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Big Bang that is. First off, I have to admit that when I heard about this book, I was picturing something along the lines of the Davinci Code or The Dante Club... You know, one of those action, mystery novels centered around a famous historical figure and their curious heritage. In this case, Albert Einstein was that central figure.

This novel does seem to start out that way. There is action, and there is mystery, and it all starts off with a bang. It seems exciting, but it also seems a bit too high paced, lacking in description, and then... everything screeches to a halt. The action isn't over, but the writer diverts into a discussion of philosophy and science, which seems out of place, at first. Ultimately, it becomes the central focus of the story.

The reality is that the action story is really a vehicle for a narrative about the ties between philosophy, religion, science, and mathematics. In some regards this is a good thing because the action story is the weak part of the book. The plot of it isn't bad, but the writing leaves a lot to be desired, and the progression feels disorganized at times. There-in lies a catch. As the philosophical side of the story increases in breadth, the action side all but disappears with just enough info so that you know you aren't reading a different book..

This isn't necessarily a horrible thing. Where the action story lacks, the philosophy side exceeds. The central focus of the philosophical discussions is creation and the universe and the meaning of God. The author weaves a narrative that ties everything we know of science and religion into one universal matter that is related from culture to culture and religion to religion. The author does a good job, but as anything related to this topic, it all boils down to a matter of opinion, and that is what we get. We are not really treated to references or sources, and the action story that carries the narrative detracts a bit from the valid bits of non-fiction that may be interspersed. The end notes at the conclusion do suggest a solid background behind the novel and given enough interest may influence the reader to form his own opinion.

I have to admit that if this is what the author was going for, he did a good job. However, if you are reading this expecting an action-mystery novel, you may be disappointed. However, if you are open to a bit of a philosophical discussion, the underlying topics don't take much work to understand and are even quite educational. The main character of the novel is a history professor with little background in the sciences. The result is an explanation of most scientific and even religions topics that are brought to a level that most people will understand. The summaries and lessons go from the Theory of Relativity to the Big Bang and beyond...

While I didn't necessarily understand all the underlying details, the novel made the broader scheme of things simple enough to see the big picture. I really enjoyed the discussion underlying, and I enjoyed the fact this book made me think about my own views of the universe no matter how real or unreal the author's point of view was. You don't have to agree with the author's opinion, but it has its own valid support and makes it easy for the reader to think about their own beliefs. As a result, I give this book 4 stars taking away only due to the less than perfect action story that somewhat fails as a vehicle for an otherwise great philosophical narrative.

[Luís · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were many difficult passages (for me) on different scientific theories: Einstein's relativity and chaos theory, quantum mechanics and the anthropic principle, and other religions.
But I persevered. I'm a person with a sturdy, fitted capacity of mind.

[Aliaa Mohamed · Rating 3 out of 5]

رواية مرهقة ذهنيًا، ورغم ذلك استطعت إنهائها في يوم واحد لشدة تعلقي بها رغم وجود الكثير من الأشياء المعقدة بها.

رواية أساسها زيارة يقوم بها رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بن جوريون للعالم الشهير آينشتاين من أجل طلب ابتكار قنبلة نووية لا مثيل لها، لتتسبب تلك الزيارة في قلب حياة مؤرخ ومتخصص في عالم التشفير بعد مرور سنوات طوال، حيث يتم تجنيده من قبل مجموعتين مختلفتين لمحاولة فك شفرة تركها آينشتاين دون حل، ولكن ما علاقة الله بذلك؟ وما شأن الكون ونشأته بالأمر؟ هنا هو الأساس

لن أنكر أن الرواية أعجبتني حد التعب، ولكن عابها بعض الانغماس في أمور صعبة تخص الفيزياء بدرجة من الصعب على العوام أمثالي فهمها بشكل مثالي، وإن كنت قد حاولت استيعاب المغزى الأساسي من الرواية، إلى حد ما.

كذلك كان هناك بعض الإطالة والتكرار في جوانب متعددة، مما جعل الرواية تصل إلى هذا الكم من الصفحات حيث كان من الممكن تقليله لحد كبير دون الإخلال بأي شئ.

أود الإشادة بالترجمة، خاصة أنها تناولت عملًا صعبًا بهذا المستوى.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

«Η ενέργεια δημιουργεί την ύλη, η ύλη τη ζωή και η ζωή τη νοημοσύνη. Η νοημοσύνη δημιουργεί το Θεό».

Το βιβλίο αυτό παρουσιάζει ένα μεγάλο μειονέκτημα:

Είναι εξαντλημένο από τον εκδότη.

Μάλιστα, το να το βρω και να το διαβάσω αποδείχτηκε σχεδόν εξίσου δύσκολο με την αναζήτηση που διεξάγεται μέσα στις σελίδες του βιβλίου: δεν μπόρεσα να το βρω σε καμία βιβλιοθήκη, σε κανένα βιβλιοπωλείο ως ξεχασμένο αντίτυπο ούτε σε κάποιο παζάρι. Τελικά μπόρεσα και το δανείστηκα από ένα γνωστό και στη συνέχεια το βρήκα σε pdf. Απορώ πραγματικά για ποιο λόγο ένας εκδότης επιπέδου Λιβάνη δεν ξανατύπωσε ένα τόσο εξαιρετικό βιβλίο, τη στιγμή μάλιστα που δεν έχουν ξεμείνει απούλητα αντίτυπα.

Τελοσπάντων, ένα ακόμα αρνητικό ίσως βρει κάποιος αναγνώστης στο ύφος του βιβλίου και στους – κάποιες φορές – αφελείς διαλόγους ανάμεσα στους ήρωες. Φαίνεται σαν ο συγγραφέας να είναι ένας επιστήμονας που αποφάσισε να γράψει εκλαϊκευμένη επιστήμη και δεν ξέρει τις τεχνικές συγγραφής και ανάπτυξης χαρακτήρων. Κυρίως τον ενδιαφέρει να λύσει το αίνιγμά του και να μας δώσει έμμεσα (μέσω της λογοτεχνίας) τα επιστημονικά – και όχι μόνο – στοιχεία που επιθυμεί και οι χαρακτήρες δεν τον ενδιαφέρουν τόσο. Επειδή όμως ο συγγραφέας είναι δημοσιογράφος, αυτό ίσως είναι ανεπίτρεπτο.

Μπορεί βέβαια και όχι. Εγώ προσωπικά βρήκα τόσο συγκλονιστικά αυτά που είχε να μας αφηγηθεί, που δεν με ενόχλησε. Πρόκειται για ένα βιβλίο που γράφτηκε την εποχή του Κώδικα Ντα Βίντσι, όπου ο Πορτογάλος καθηγητής κρυπτογραφίας Τομάς Νορούγια προσπαθεί να λύσει το αίνιγμα που βρίσκεται σε ένα αινιγματικό χειρόγραφο του Άλμπερτ Αϊνστάιν. Εργοδότης του είναι επίσημα η Ισλαμική Δημοκρατία του Ιράν και ανεπίσημα η CIA, όπου και οι δυο πιστεύουν ότι το χειρόγραφο περιέχει κωδικοποιημένες πληροφορίες για τη δημιουργία πυρηνικών όπλων. Συνεργάτης του στο παιχνίδι της αποκωδικοποίησης είναι η σαγηνευτικής ομορφιάς Αριάνα, πυρηνική φυσικός του Ιράν και από τους εργαζόμενους για το πυρηνικό πρόγραμμα της χώρας. Φυσικά τα πράγματα πάνε στραβά και ο Τομάς τρέχει και δεν φτάνει, η Αριάνα είναι – ή μπορεί και να μην είναι – στο πλευρό του, και η περιπέτεια είναι μεν ενδιαφέρουσα, αλλά δεν είναι αυτοσκοπός του βιβλίου.

Μέσα στο βιβλίο θα βρείτε:
- Πληροφορίες για την ιστορία του Ιράν, την Ισλαμική Επανάσταση του 1979 καθώς και ό,τι αυτό σήμαινε για την ελευθερία στη χώρα
- Όσο πιο αναλυτικά και κατανοητά έχω διαβάσει ποτέ σε εκλαϊκευμένο βιβλίο τις ανακαλύψεις της σύγχρονης επιστήμης (κβαντική, σχετικότητα, χορδές) καθώς και τη φιλοσοφική ερμηνεία αυτών. Για το μη γνώστη ίσως σας φανούν περίεργα όλα αυτά, από την άλλη δεν ξέρω πώς θα μπορούσε να σας τα εξηγήσει κάποιος πιο κατανοητά. Ο Τομάς πάντως ήταν ιστορικός και τα κατάλαβε!
- Η θρησκεία ως ένα ενιαίο σύνολο, όπου αναλύονται τα βασικά δόγματα του βουδισμού, του ινδουισμού και του ταοϊσμού, δηλαδή της ανατολικής φιλοσοφίας, ενώ σχεδόν ταυτόχρονα εισάγονται στίχοι της Βίβλου που περιέχουν παρόμοια διδάγματα.
- Με έναν εντυπωσιακό τρόπο συνδέονται η φιλοσοφία της σύγχρονης φυσικής, ο ντετερμινισμός και όλες οι θρησκείες, εισάγοντας το Ανθρωπικό Αξίωμα. Είναι εντυπωσιακό χρόνο να διαβάζω για το σχετικιστικό χρόνο της Βίβλου, τα θεωρήματα της Μη Πληρότητας και το Βράχμα και το Σκοπό της Δημιουργίας.
Συμπερασματικά, όσοι έχετε κάνει Θετικές σπουδές θα ενθουσιαστείτε. Οι υπόλοιποι που ενδιαφέρεστε για τέτοια θέματα επίσης θα ενθουσιαστείτε, ίσως να μην καταλάβετε τα κομμάτια της φυσικής. Το μοναδικό πρόβλημα είναι να μπορέσετε να βρείτε το βιβλίο.

[San Lucos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent roman! Bien que je trouve que les ressorts de l'histoire ne sont pas exceptionnels, l'histoire racontée par ce roman n'est pas ce qui fait sa valeur. Le véritable intérêt, à mon avis, de ce roman se trouve dans la vulgarisation scientifique que donne José Rodrigues dos Santos. La manière dont il parle de ces grand thèmes scientifique est complètement limpide! J'aurais adoré l'avoir comme prof à la fac. A la fin du livre, on a vraiment beaucoup de mal à en sortir et à ce dire que ce n'était qu'un roman.
Tout cela ne peut être que vrai!
Il faut vite que la saga Tomas Noronha soit traduite en français!

[Esleme Hadj Sassi · Rating 4 out of 5]

من اهم الكتب اللي قريتها في 2018، الرواية تجمع بين العلم و الأدب و المغامرة و السياسة و موضوعها علمي بامتياز، يتعرض فيه الكاتب البرتغالي دوس سانتوس الى مواضيع تتعلق بالفيزياء الكمية و بنظريات معاصرة كيفما نظرية النسبية، نظرية الثقوب السوداءـ أصل الكون، الانفجار العظيم و تعلق النظريات المذكورة بالكتب السماوية و خاصة منها التوراة..و بعض المعتقدات الروحانية اللصيقة بنشأة الكون و ثبوتية وجود الله من خلال البراهين العلمية..
تدور احداث الرواية بين البرتغال و ايران و التيبت، في رحلة بحث عن تفسير و حل لشفرة معادلة علمية ترجع لمسودات العالم اينشتاين و التي اعتقد النظام الايراني انها معادلة لصنع قنبلة نووية لفائدة النظام الصهيوني، في حين تحاول اجهزة المخابرات الأمريكية الوصول الى فك المعادلة تخوفا من تداعيات ذلك على '' السلم في العالم''، بتسخير الدكتور العالم في فك الشفرات و في تاريخ الحضارات و اللفات، ال��كتور نورهانا الذي يجد نفسه بين مطرقة النظام الايراني و بين سندان اجهزة المخابرات الامريكية ...عنوان مسودة اينشتاين التي تم العثور عليها هو نفس عنوان الكتاب '' La formule de Dieu'' ، العنوان الذي حيّر العلماء في الجانبين و الدكتور نورهانا ليتم حل لغز المعادلة في نهاية يلتقي فيها العلمي بالديني بعيدا عن الدمار و التجارب النووية..
المهم في الكتاب هو قدرة الكاتب على شرح العديد و العديد من النظريات العلمية المعاصرة و تطورها تاريخيا و علاقاتها باثبات وجود الله من خلال رحلة روحية علمية بوليسية ممتعة جدا..الجميل في الأمر أن كل التفاسير العلمية و عرضها في الكتاب كانت دقيقة جدا و مبسطة و موظفة بصفة سليمة و هادفة لخدمة مسار الأحداث في الرواية و الكاتب يأكد في بداية كل رواية من رواياته على امانة المعلومات العلمية الموجودة في الكتاب و أنها لو وظفت في احداث لا تمت للواقع بصلة الا انّها صحيحة و علميا مثبتة و لا تندرج في اطار الفانتازيا أو الخيال العلمي

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este é daqueles livros que dei 3 estrelas a tombar para as 4 (essencialmente por causa do tema, que me agrada bastante) mas em consciência não podia dar as 4.

Desde que abri o codex pela primeira vez e me apercebi que a sua estrutura era semelhante à do código da vinci (e de outros livros do género) que fiquei de pé atras relativamente a Rodrigues dos Santos. No entanto, resolvi dar lhe a primeira oportunidade com este "A fórmula de Deus", uma vez que sou uma grande fã de Einstein e da sua obra.

Realmente, para quem é leigo na matéria, acredito que o livro seja bastante interessante. Agora no meu caso, parece que José Rodrigues dos Santos abriu o Chang (o livro por onde estudei química geral na faculdade) e através dele criou um romance.

Claro que o livro apresenta algumas teorias mais recentes que eu não conhecia e que achei interessantes, mas a história espremida resume se a diálogos extensos e pesados sobre física, ficando o desenvolvimento da história em si para trás. Não há grande acção é apenas física, química e química física.
E depois o final... é, na minha opinião, uma desilusão.

Além disso, não consegui gostar da personagem principal (as suas piadas são todas do género que o autor usa quando apresenta o telejornal na rtp lol).

No geral, é um livro que nos faz passar um bom bocado (mas que não recomendo a quem não goste de física e ficção científica), mas não é fácil de ler e não é nada fluido. Gostei mas não adorei. Tentarei outro para ver se gosto mais.

[Atahan Erbul · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my opinion, the best description for this book is a course book which is placed in a thriller. It touches on relativity theory, alfa and omega theory, the big bang, big crunch etc. and their connection between religions, i mean cosmos actually, in an adventure. If you like science and are interested in finding the answers about cosmos, how it starts, how it ends etc. you should take a look this book. But should not expect much from the action side of the book. Characters are simple and the fiction, too. If you are aware of this, you will enjoy especially when you see the similar questions which you have already asked.

[Ana · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book would get a 10/10 if it was a "academic" book, but as a "novel" it would get 2/10 because it fails on character development and plot thickness. As such I give it a 5/10 rate, middle ground between the two.

Podem ler a opinião completa AQUI.

[Mehdi Jemaa · Rating 2 out of 5]

ce livre ou plutôt ce scénario d'un film américain greffé a un manuscrit académique de physique aurait pu être bien, mais le problème c’est que c’est un scénario d’un TRÈS MAUVAIS FILM hollywoodien.
4/5 pour le côté académique et les informations que le livre contient mais pour ce qui est du développement des personnages de l’intrigue du style d’écriture de l’humour UNE CATASTROPHE. j’ai peut-être aussi détesté le côté ‘ TU VOIS HEINN LA BIBLE CONTIENT DES SECRETS SCIENTIFIQUES ‘ ‘BOUDHA CONNAISSAIT DEJA TOUTE LA PHYSIQUE QUANTIQUE ‘ e3jèzes 3elmi à la sauce Occidental.
comment ce livre s’est-il vendu à des millions d’exemplaires voici une énigme bien plus somptueuse que celle que le livre contient je m’attendais a un PAGE TURNER je me suis trouvé avec une gosse bouse bien fade

[Noella · Rating 2 out of 5]

Verkeerde keuze. Het interesseert me eigenlijk niet. DNF.

[Cynthia Chacón · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jose Rodrigues used a very commercial, winner, "a posteriori" formula for writing this whole script and in order to deliver just one single idea.

My recommendation is to skip most of the book and to read just the final chapter, I promise you won't be missing anything but a really bad and cheesy soap opera.

The conclusion of the book amazingly saves a cool hypothesis; that's why I gave the 2/5 stars.

[İlkim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Orijinali Kitap Esintisi adresinde.

Tanrı'nın Formülü için ne yazmam gerek bilemiyorum şu an. Öncelikle sadece kurgu bir macera olarak bakmamak lazım. Tamam kurgu ama içinde o kadar çok matematik ve özellikle fizik teoremleri geçiyor ki aslında biraz da ders kitabı havası var. Fizik okuyup özellikle astrofizik kısmıyla ilgilenenleri bir hayli çekecektir. Bu konulara meraklı olsanız bile sevmeniz için yeterli.

Benim kafamı kurcalayan bir konuyu ilginç bir şekilde açıklamış yazar. Kitabın sonunda yazdığı minik bir son sözde neden buna inandığını ve kullandığı kaynakları açıklamış. Kurguda Einstein ile kısımların ne kadarı doğru ne kadarı yanlış bilmiyorum, araştırmak isterseniz kitabı bitirdikten sonra içinize doğan garip araştırma isteği ile bir sürü şeye ulaşmanız mümkün. Ama en güzeli bu konuda gerçekten bilgi sahibi olan biri ile oturup konuşmak, malesef benim öyle bir şansım yok.

Kapakta Einstein var, o yüzden önce onun olayıyla başlayalım. 1950li yıllarda Einstein ile yeni kurulmuş İsrail başbaşkanı bir konuşma yapıyorlar ve başbaşkan ondan bir şey istiyor - burası kurgu mu değil mi bilmiyorum, araştırmadım. CIA ise bunun kolay ve ucuz bir formülle geliştirilebilecek atom bombası olduğunu sanıyor. Yıllar sonra ise Einstein'in el yazması, elinde bulunduran profesör ile ortadan kayboluyor. İran'da ortaya çıkan bu belgenin deşifre edilmesi için ise Thomas Noronha görevlendiriliyor. İşin içinde İran olunca da Thomas'ın kapısına İran'ın nükleer silah üretmesine paranoyak bir şekilde yaklaşan CIA geliyor. Thomas bizim kitaptaki karakterimiz, kendisi bir kriptolog ve tarihçi. Kime benziyor çıkarabildiniz mi? Evet Robert Langdon. Ama Thomas daha saf orası kesin.

İran'da ve sonrasında başına bir sürü iş geliyor Thomas'ın. CIA ile işbirliği yapmaya zorlanıyor, hapishaneye atılıyor, kaçırılıyor, Ariana isimli bu güzel İranlı kadına aşık oluyor, babasının kansere yakalandığını öğreniyor vs. Yolu Tibet'e düşüyor, Einstein'in bu belgeyi yazarken öğrencisi olan ve şimdi kendini tamamen Budizm'e adamış fizikçiyle görüşüyor ve şok edici bir şey öğreniyor: Belge atom bombası hakkında değil, Tanrı'nın bilimsel ispatı hakkında.

Einstein'in şifrelediği kısmı ise bir türlü çözemiyor. Macerası esnasında fizik üzerine bir sürü teori dinliyoruz Thomas ile. Kuantum, izafiyet, kaos teorisi, kozmik ritim, antropik ilke... Özellikle antropik ilke çok ilginç. Bu ilke evrenin yaşamı var etmek için tasarlandığını söyler. Çünkü hepimizin bildiği gibi doğada şans diyebileceğimiz derecede hassas ayarlar vardır. Fizik sabitlerinin, mesela en bilinen yer çekimi katsayısının farklı olması ya da madde atomundaki beta katsayısının olduğundan çok az farklı olması yeryüzünde hayatın başlamaması için yeterli. Peki bu kadar hassas ayarlamalar tesadüfi mi yoksa bunun arkasında büyük bir zeka mı var?

Evrenin başlangıcının Big Bang - Büyük Patlama ile olduğu bilinen bir şey. Ama fizikçilerin aklını karıştıran şey ise Big Bang öncesi ne vardı, ne oldu da patlama yaşandı gibi sorular. Ayrıca evrenin tıpkı en baştaki patlamasıyla genişlemesi gibi, en sonunda da büzülüp "Büyük Çöküş" ile yok olacağı teorisi de bilim adamları arasında baskın. Peki bitince ne olacak? İşte kitap yazarın hummalı araştırmaları sonucunda bir cevap sunuyor size: Evren tekrar başlayacak.

Dini kitaplardaki gibi bir Tanrı yerine, insanın kendi zekasının ürünü olarak yapay zekanın üstün bir zekaya dönüşerek evreni kontrol edeceği teorisine dayanıyor kitap. Dinden örnekler de mevcut, sanki bu zeka planını gelecekte tekrar kullanmak üzere Eski Ahit, Hinduizm, Budizm gibi dinlere saklamış gibi.

Çok karışık oldu değil mi? Biliyorum ama anlatmaya çalışmak zor. Daha detaylı anlatıp karmaşayı çözmek mevcut ama o zaman çooook daha uzun bir yazı olacak. Okumanız kat kat daha iyi, o zaman ne demek istediğimi fazlasıyla anlayabilirsiniz. Bu tip kitaplara garip bir bağım var nedense. Dan Brown çok severim, kitapları da her defasında bir şey öğretir size (Kayıp Sembol hariç, bir şey hatırlamıyorum o kitaptaki bilgi yüklemesi yüzünden -_-). Ama bu kitaptaki gibi büyük gizem içerek kitaplar daha da çekici. Mesela vakti zamanında yorum yazdığım Şeytan ve Şair kitabında Şekspir'in aslında o kitapları yazmadığı teorisi üzerinden bir kurgu yaratılmıştı. (Yorum için buraya bakabilirsiniz.) Bilinen şeylerin diğer yüzlerini anlatan kitapları benim gibi seviyorsanız bunu da seversiniz.

PS: Kitabın tek gıcık kısmı ana karakter olan Thomas Noronha'nın salaklığı, saflığı, beceriksizliği. Langdon'a bir daha laf etmeyeceğim. Ayrıca bu karakteri seri olarak yazıyor yazar. Merak ettiğim şey ise Langdon kızları gibi Noronha kızları da yaratıp yaratmadığı. Umarım o kısımları uymuyordur. -_-

PS 2: Kitaptaki kurgunun ne kadarının gerçek, ne kadarının kurgu olduğunu bilmediğimi başlarda bir yerlerde belirttim. Yazdıklarımı salt gerçek olarak almayınız lütfen.

PS 3: Kitap ayrıca dünyanın dört bir tarafındaki kütüphanelerce aday gösterilen Uluslararası IMPAC Dublin Edebiyat Ödülü'ne aday.

[Florence · Rating 1 out of 5]

Un "Da Vinci Code" bis mais en moins bien.

Le personnage est bête et complètement idiot. Il est docteur en histoire, cryptologue et tout. Je ne sais pas, je me suis figurée que le mec pouvait être assez intelligent. Ah ah ...
C'est le genre de gars qui va faire "aaah mais monsieur l'agent de la CIA, si je me fais choper par les iraniens dans leur ministère à voler un manuscrit pour vous, il y aura pire que la prison pour moi ? " ou
"Monsieur le médecin, pourquoi mon papa a un cancer du poumon ? Oui, il fume. Pourquoi, ça joue sur l'apparition du cancer ?"


C'est aussi un crève la dalle pas très subtil avec les femmes. 'fin quand je dis femme c'est avec une femme parce qu'à part la mère du personnage principal, il n'y a qu'une seule femme. Une physicienne trop belle, trop sexy, trop intelligente (ça, à côté du personnage principal, c'est facile).
Il y a beaucoup de dialogues avec des explications sur la physique, la métaphysique. Le niveau n'est pas ouf (je n'ai pas appris grand chose) et puis même pour ceux qui ont des difficultés, tout est répété de toute façon. Parfois il y a des analogies et des exemples pour que le lecteur et le personnage principal idiot comprennent bien mais bon, l'auteur ne s'emmerde pas trop et il se contente de prendre toujours les mêmes exemples : quand il faut parler d'une oeuvre littéraire (juste pour parler d'une oeuvre, le contenu n'est même pas évoqué), l'auteur parle forcément de "Guerre et Paix". Faut dire, on manque énormément d’œuvres littéraires dans le monde.
A un moment l'idiot et sa meuf (oui, forcément le personnage féminin sexy couche avec le héros) vont voir un moine tibétain. Ce dernier ponctue (ou débute) chaque phrase par une citation zen. Il y a des dizaines de pages de dialogue avec ce mec. Je n'en pouvais plus.

[Toni Pereira · Rating 1 out of 5]

É a primeira novela que leio do José Rodrigues dos Santos. Se algúem me voltar a apanhar com outro livro dele na mão, batam-me, p.f.Uma boa novela prende-nos do príncipio ao fim, no entanto A "Fórmula de Deus" trata-se de um calhamaço de 580 pgs. das quais li umas 520, pois não resisti à tentação de saltar algumas.

Tudo é mau no livro: Os personagens são superficiais e ridículos, a começar no Roberto Languedão(tomás qualquer-coisa)e a acabar nos agentes iranianos da CIA,passando pelo seu superior em Langley que é um misto de um professor de Física e capanga da Cosa Nostra, que repete a expressão "prick" a cada três palavras. Mesmo num campo como a ficção, onde o espaço para as ideias é enorme, aquela ideia de um monge budista ser assistente de Einstein é simplesmente estúpida. A propósito, porque é que
o primeiro-ministro de Israel iria solicitar ajuda ao conceituado físico para a defesa do estado hebraico e este vinha com aquela conversa sobre a existência de Deus? Porque é que ele não foi a uma Sinagoga?

A única coisa que escapa no enredo são os conceitos de Astrofísica e Cosmologia amplamente divulgados ao longo da história(quase um terço do livro), através dos diálogos do protagonista com o pai moribundo, e sobretudo, com um cafeinómano professor Luís, que tem a estranha mania de terminar um capítulo com expressões do género " vou buscar dois cafezinhos e volto já" ou "vamos comer qualquer coisa."Este tipo de interrupções estúpidas que nunca acrescentam nada à história são a imagem de marca do livro, e eu não consigo evitar de pensar que houve mais espírito de despacho do que ponderação no enredo.

José Rodrigues dos Santos já escreveu uns sete livros, e, pelos vistos, vai editar outros tantos. Da minha parte nunca mais.

[Vincent D. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Des idées et réflexions intéressantes dans un "roman" salement écrit.
Des personnages insupportables, dont Tomás Noronha, un historien qui, visiblement, ne comprends jamais rien puisqu'il faut lui faire des monologues de 10 pages pour qu'il comprenne enfin quelque chose qui a déjà été répété cinq fois depuis le début de l'histoire. Malgré tout, il trouvera toujours un moyen de caser à un moment ou à un autre ses insupportables "Je ne comprends pas", "Comment ça ?", et autres formules indigestes.
Une fois arrivé à la moitié du livre, j'ai hésité à continuer, puis j'ai finalement pensé qu'il serait bête d'avoir lu la moitié de ce pavé pour rien, ce qui m'a amené à continué une lecture lourde, plate, désagréable, redondante, et dont l'histoire n'est qu'un prétexte pour exposer des théories que l'auteur aurait mieux fait de présenter sous forme d'essai (mais forcément, un essai n'aurait pas été un best-seller !)
Après avoir tourné la dernière des 571 pages composant cet affreux roman que je ne recommande pas, une chose est sûr : je ne relirai plus jamais les "aventures" de Tomás Noronha.

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked this book a lot. Felt it was very "smart" or maybe it just made me feel smarter after I read it. Also made me think deeply about the universe in ways I haven't thought about it awhile. I would recommend this book not for it's literary style but for its content. I liked how the author wove the story between fact and fiction and blurred the line quite seamlessly.

[Viktor Stoyanov · Rating 5 out of 5]

В търсене на отговор на най-стария и най-сложен въпрос за вселената ... Случайно ли сме тук и каква може да е целта ни? Версията на JRdS, както обикновено стъпила на солидните аргументи на физиката и математиката. Всичко това през приключенски роман. Книгата, която мен лично ме запали по португалския автор.

[Marco Caetano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Depois de ler o CODEX a promessa de ler a história seguinte da personagem Tomás de Noronha tinha de ser cumprida. Devo dizer que o fiz sem qualquer custo. Este tipo de escrita agrada-me bastante. É bom poder ler um bom romance e com ele aprender mais do que uma simples história de vida.

Desta vez o nosso criptanalista é contratado para decifrar um documento, escrito por Albert Einstein, intitulado "DIE GOTTESFORMEL" que poderá revelar uma forma expedita de resolver o problema nuclear do Irão. O que descobre vai muito para além disso. A prova cientifica da existência de Deus.

O trabalho do autor mostra mais uma vez uma estrondosa pesquisa sobre uma tema extremamente interessante. No final, mesmo na última página tive uma revelação que muito me satisfez. Há um agradecimento feito ao Professor Carlos Fiolhais do Departamento de Física da Universidade de Coimbra. Durante a minha vida tive uma efémera passagem por este Departamento. Poucas cadeiras lá fiz. Mas tive um prazer enorme em fazer uma cadeira chamada "Fundamentos de Física Moderna" com um fantástico professor, irmão deste senhor. Os temas dominantes dessa cadeira estão bem patentes neste livro, as teorias da relatividade de Einstein. Foi bom tornar a ler sobre este assunto.

Perante isto não será de estranhar se oportunamente virem por aqui O Sétimo Selo.


http://conspiracaodasletras.blogspot....

[Zézinha Rosado · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uma vez mais um livro de José Rodrigues dos Santos que não me convenceu... admiro-o muito como jornalista, acho que tem uma conduta impecável e uma carreira fantástica, mas como escritor não me consegue convencer a 100%.
O livro tem partes muito maçadoras e acredito que só um verdadeiro apreciador de Física é que pode apreciar esta leitura e compreender certas partes da narrativa.
Confesso que saltei muitas páginas para dar andamento à leitura e que o final não me agradou... sinceramente foi um livro que não me prendeu nem me conseguiu entusiasmar.

[Charles-Antoine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Au début, je me suis demandé si j'allais aller au bout. Proche de Dan Brown en "plus scientifique" et moins mystique.
Beaucoup de longueurs et répétitions.
Technique narrative pauvre : tout le livre est linéaire, pas d'ellipse, pas d'histoires parallèles. Lourd quoi...

En fait l'auteur aurait pu s'épargner de trouver une intrigue (faiblarde) et écrire un essai proposant sa thèse pseudo-scientifique. On n'aurai éviter 700 pages pas impressionnantes du tout

[Matthew Blee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well first of all there's a lot of science in here, like huge monologues about physics. I found it interesting but be warned.
The science was actually the only bit I liked about the book. The plot was *poor*, the characters 2D, and even the 'science' took a nosedive at the end.
This was a bit of a battle to finish, especially when the science lessons finished, and when physics is the best part of a book you know something's wrong.

[Dede · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book as a science head. I can't deny the fact that the action was weak but I couldn't care less for the knowledge inside the book was amazing. The action for me was just something to fill the hole.

I don't recommend this book to people whom dislike science, technology and mathematics.

I loved the sequel as well another brilliant book full of knowledge.

[Jean-Michel Desire · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is by far, and I stress BY FAR, the best book I have read ever. It was the first adventure of History professor Tomas Noronha that I read and I have hunt high and low for his other novels. You cannot afford not to read this book. Amazing story, amazing research, mind-boggling food for thought... and I'm at a loss for words!

[Raphael Lysander · Rating 2 out of 5]

رواية أخرى على نمط شيفرة دافنشي وفك لغز مجهول لشخصية شهيرة، مع أنه من المشكوك فيه تسمية العمل برواية لأنها تركز على إعطاء دروس غرة في الفيزياء والبوذية عوضاً عن بناء الشخصيات وتشكيل حبكة متماسكة ومقنعة

[Tea Jovanović · Rating 4 out of 5]

Author was recommended to me by his Bulgarian subagent, she read several of his books already translated into Bulgarian... So, the rights are bought for Serbia and the book translated... And I enjoed it very much... For the fans of Dan Brown (although I personally don't like neither Dan Brown nor his books) :) But this Portuguese author writes with right dose of mystery, science, history... Teaching you something along the way while making you enjoy the adventure... As I've found out only first title in this series has been translated into English Codex 632... and I've read it in English, and enjoed it as well... Author to watch, bestselling in Portugal...

Srpsko izdanje objaviće Kosmos izdavaštvo u sjajnom prevodu Vesne Stamenković... Knjigu sam pre 2 nedelje odobrila za štampu :) Za ljubitelje Den Brauna, fizike, istorie i avantura :)

[Arfaoui Areej · Rating 3 out of 5]

C'est certainement l'un des livres dont on a le sentiment de * Ouuf,finalement, je l'ai fini* après le lire pas parce que c'est mauvais ou que ce n'est pas intéressant mais parce que c'est une lecture lourde, c'est pas ce livre de genre que tu lis , que tu comprends et que tu passe mais de genre * The Heck did i just read?* C'est écrit que c'est un roman mais c'est plutôt un livre scientifique contenu dans une histoire, chose qu'a énervé beaucoup de lecteurs mais pas moi, je ne trouve pas un problème mais en fait je trouve que l'histoire aide à rendre le livre plus intéressant.
CHOSES QUE J'AI APPRÉCIÉ DANS CE LIVRE:
-J'ai apprécié tous les informations scientifiques, j'ai apprecié le fait que ça m'a motivé à chercher et à s’intéresser de plus aux sciences physiques qui semblent comme une magie plus qu'un science.
-Ce livre m'a poussé à réfléchir à l'existence de dieu d'un point scientifique différent de ma perspective ancienne.
CHOSE QUE J'AI PAS APPRÉCIÉ:
-Le fait qu'Einstein est un personnage, je sais qu'on a dit que c'est un roman et que tous les événements sont du pure fiction mais je pense que le nom d’Einstein reste dans la subconscient du lecteur ce qui lui pousse plus à croire en tous les théories posés dans ce livre quoiqu'il les comprends pour vrai ou non, mais seulement car le nom d'Einstein et sa génialité lui affectent.
- On a dit dans ce livre que l'univers est formé d'une assise précision qu'on a mal à croire que c'est juste un hasard, puis quand on a parlé comment le Bible contient des *facts* et des preuves scientifiques, on a dit que c'est de pure hasard, mais comment ça? ça n'a aucun sens.
Et puis je ne comprends pas pourquoi on a mal à croire en Dieu du bible et du Coran? Pourquoi veut-on pas un dieu qui s'associe aux détails si tout est formé des détails?
pourquoi veut-on un dieu qui ne s'associe qu'au 'hardware' ? alors que, comme on le dit dans ce livre, le 'SoftWare' est le plus important?
-Ce livre explique bien les choses mais puis quand on arrive à la conclusion pour découvrir l'essence de la recherche d'Einstein, on est laissé sans une vraie explication mais avec des arguments faibles. On dit qu'on a prouvé l'existence d'un dieu, quoiqu'on le nomme, puis on dit que le but de la vie c'est de créer un dieu qui est nécessairement de l'intelligence artificielle, mais que ce passe t'il au premier dieu, l'origine?
//J'ai lu ce livre avec un esprit ouvert, malgré ma religion et mes croyances, je discute ce sujet avec objectivité et d'un esprit scientifique//

[Jesslivraddict · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quel roman ! Je n'ai jamais autant apprécié apprendre la physique (même quantique !) à travers un récit !
Ce roman regorge d'informations scientifiques vérifiées qui nous explique assez simplement les bases de la physique et donc du fonctionnement de l'univers. C'est également une mine d'informations sur les religions et j'ai trouvé intéressant de voir les rapprochements que l'auteur fait entre les textes sacrés (ancien testament, textes de l'hindouisme, du bouddhisme,...) et la science. J'ai été vraiment bluffée et ce livre m'a bcp appris et m'a fait bcp réfléchir sur la question de l'existence de Dieu (mais attention, pas celui avec une barbe blanche qui nous regarde d'en haut !).

J'ai été prise par le côté thriller du récit et n'ai pas été dérangée du tout par les longueurs et parfois la lenteur de l'histoire, conséquence des explications scientifiques parfois longues reprises dans le texte. Tout cela m'a tellement captivé que je n'ai pas vu défiler les pages.

Le personnage de Tomas m'a également bcp plu dans ce récit ainsi que celui d'Arianna. J'ai également aimé le père de Tomas, véritable puits de science et homme plein de sagesse. Par contre, sa mère m'a un peu saoulée par son côté "je m'inquiète pour toi, mon fils, à chaque fois que tu pars en voyage" et ses préjugés limite un peu racistes.

Un vrai plaisir de lecture, un livre qui m'a permis d'apprendre et de réfléchir tout en passant un agréable moment. Sûre que je lirais de nouveau Tomas Noronha dans de prochaines aventures très bientôt !

[Nərmin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yeah! I have finally finished this EXCELLENT, MIND-BLOWING book! What a ride! The story is really excellent! THOMAS reminded me a little bit Robert Langdon from Da vinci code, but he is a little bit naive...
ARIANA- interesting, strong, clever woman from Iran. Her romantic relationship with Thomas felt a little useless, out-of-place I think... But they are really good couple))
The caracter development and plot were really good, but the ending was abrupt...I didnt understand what happend or what could happen after it((
Adventure was driving me to read this book really fast but the conversations about physics theories and religion and other scientific things were slowing it down.
And the best part about the book was SCIENTIFIC CONVERSATIONS AND EVIDENCES about the existence of God! Wow..It really made my mind groggy, made me crazy about ideas and theories, mixed-up my mind, my soul, my beliefs..But it did very good work! My own thoughts was nearly true according to this book and OMG, they literally proved the existence of God in scientific way and i really liked it! I dont know if the information author gave us true or not, but he also gave the sources where he got the information, so i suppose there is no lying..
Long story short, this book will make you think about the world, universe and mankind in a different way and make you want to explore and find more things about everything! Reading is a bit difficult so if you dont have basic knowledge about science, you won't understand the main plot))

[Magda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este foi o primeiro livro do José Rodrigues dos Santos que consegui ler do princípio ao fim. Depois de ter tentado ler outros romances, tive de desistir, porque não conseguia familiarizar-me com a escrita do escritor. Ainda assim, nesta obra, quase foi uma tortura ter de a ler.
A única coisa que me fez persistir na leitura foi o tema. Permitiu-me fazer um exercício de abrir ainda mais o meu pensamento, considerar outras perspectivas, mesmo fazendo um esforço quanto à leitura do livro. Gostei bastante, exceptuando o romance entre protagonistas, a repetição de informação, e encontrei metáforas a mais e pouco originais para o meu gosto. São muitas páginas, passo a expressão, a "encher chouriços". O que influenciou com que não me surpreendesse muito com o final.

Conclui também, que o personagem Tomás Noronha, é provavelmente o alter ego do José Rodrigues dos Santos. É uma personagem, a meu ver, um bocado cliché, o que faz com o livro o seja igualmente.

Em resumo e mais outra dura crítica, adoraria que esta obra tivesse sido escrita por um escritor mais adequado, sem dar um ar ilusório e arrogante, se é assim que posso dizer. Mas está feito e o passado não se altera.