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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020. Born: 8 August 1931, Colchester, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity”. Prize share: 1/2.
In 2020, Penrose was awarded one half of the Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity, a half-share also going to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our ...
Roger’s 1965 paper on this, earned his share of the 2020 Physics Nobel Prize. It had been motivated by the discovery of the violently energetic quasars , indicating the presence of very distant enormous gravitational collapse events – black holes !
Oct 6, 2020 · Professor Sir Roger Penrose, Honorary Fellow and alumnus of St John’s College Cambridge and honorary doctor of the University, has jointly won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.
Oct 6, 2020 · The Nobel Prize for Physics is the crowning achievement for Sir Roger who already has many awards to his name. He may be 89, but he continues to fire out ideas across a broad range of topics...
Oct 6, 2020 · The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for their work on black holes. Roger Penrose is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and emeritus fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.
Oct 6, 2020 · British mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, 89, receives half the prize for theoretical work that showed how Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity should result in black holes, which...
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.
Oct 6, 2020 · This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez (from left to right) for their research on black holes.
Nobel Lecture: Roger Penrose, Nobel Prize in Physics 2020. Watch on. Roger Penrose delivered his Nobel Lecture on Tuesday 8 December 2020. He was introduced by Professor Ariel Gobar. Read the lecture.
