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Roger Penrose. Sir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS, HonFInstP (born 8 August 1931) [1] is a British mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. [2] He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, an emeritus fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, and an honorary fellow of St ...
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Nobelprize.org met physicist Roger Penrose on 4 March 2021. We spoke to him about growing up, how his passion for maths developed and why he finds it so surreal to be a Nobel Laureate. Read the interview.
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Nobelprize.org met physicist Roger Penrose on 4 March 2021. We spoke to him about growing up, how his passion for maths developed and why he finds it so surreal to be a Nobel Laureate. Could you tell us a bit about when you were a child?
Oct 6, 2020 · Roger Penrose is honoured for his proof that black holes are a consequence of Einstein's general theory of relativity. He is also known for his contributions to mathematical physics, cosmology and Penrose tilings.
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Apr 1, 2024 · Roger Penrose (born August 8, 1931, Colchester, Essex, England) is a British mathematician and relativist who in the 1960s calculated many of the basic features of black holes. For his work on black holes, he was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics. He shared the prize with American astronomer Andrea Ghez and German astronomer Reinhard Genzel.
Oct 6, 2020 · Penrose, an emeritus professor at Oxford and an honorary fellow of Cambridge, proved that black holes are a consequence of Einstein's general theory of relativity in 1965. He is the sixth Nobel laureate in Physics from Cambridge and the 110th affiliate of the University.
