Roger Penrose





Roger Penrose

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August 08, 1931 in Colchester, Essex, The United Kingdom

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Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. He has received a number of prizes and awards, including the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their contribution to our understanding of the universe. He is renowned for his work in mathematical physics, in particular his contributions to general relativity and cosmology. He is also a recreational mathematician and philosopher.


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The Emperor's New Mind: Con...
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The Road to Reality: A Comp...
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Shadows of the Mind: A Sear...
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Cycles of Time: An Extraord...
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The Large, the Small and th...
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Fiziğin Gizemi/ Emperor's n...
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Us Nerede?/ Emperor's new m...
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“We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.”
Roger Penrose, The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

“... Even an aardvarks think their offspring are beautiful”
Roger Penrose

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