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Roger Penrose
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Roger Penrose
Born
8 August 1931 (1931-08-08) (age 80)
Colchester, Essex, England
Residence
United Kingdom
Canada (During WWII)
Nationality
British
Fields
Mathematical physics
Mathematical sciences
Institutions
Bedford College, London
St John's College, Cambridge
Princeton University
Syracuse University
King’s College, London
Birkbeck, University of London
University of Oxford
Alma mater
University of Cambridge
University College London
University College School
Doctoral advisor
John A. Todd
Other academic advisors
William Hodge
Doctoral students
Richard Jozsa
Richard S. Ward
Andrew Hodges
Asghar Qadir
George Burnett-Stuart
Matthew Ginsberg
Adam Helfer
Lane P. Hughston
Peter Law
Claude LeBrun
Ross Moore
Duncan Stone
Tim Poston
George Sparling
K. Paul Tod
Known for
Twistor theory
Geometry of spacetime
Cosmic censorship
Weyl curvature hypothesis
Penrose inequalities
Penrose interpretation of Quantum Theory
Orch-OR
Moore–Penrose pseudoinverse
Newman-Penrose formalism
Penrose tiling
Penrose stairs
Penrose graphical notation
Influences
Dennis W. Sciama
Influenced
Michael Atiyah
Stuart Hameroff
Notable awards
Wolf Prize (1988)
Dirac Medal (1989)
Copley Medal (2008)
Notes
He is the brother of Jonathan Penrose and Oliver Penrose, and son of Lionel Penrose. He is the nephew of Roland Penrose.
Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS (born 8 August 1931) 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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