Roger Penrose

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Nobel laureate human mathematical physicist mathematician physicist

Roger Penrose is a British mathematical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work on general relativity, black hole singularities, and the foundations of cosmology and consciousness.

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Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe ⓘ
The Emperor's New Mind ⓘ
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The Road to Reality ⓘ
awardReceived Albert Einstein Medal ⓘ
Copley Medal ⓘ
De Morgan Medal ⓘ
Dirac Prize ⓘ
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Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
Wolf Prize in Physics ⓘ
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Margaret Leathes Penrose ⓘ
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The Large, the Small and the Human Mind ⓘ
collaboratedWith Stephen Hawking ⓘ
Stuart Hameroff ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-08-08 ⓘ
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doctoralAdvisor John A. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt University College London ⓘ
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
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fieldOfWork cosmology ⓘ
foundations of quantum mechanics ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
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conformal cyclic cosmology ⓘ
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work on black hole singularities ⓘ
work on the cosmic censorship conjecture ⓘ
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NobelPrizeCategory Physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 2020 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Colchester ⓘ
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positionHeld Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford ⓘ
sibling Jonathan Penrose ⓘ
Oliver Penrose ⓘ
theoryProposed conformal cyclic cosmology ⓘ
orchestrated objective reduction ⓘ

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