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Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, and philosopher of science. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, an emeritus fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, and an honorary fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and University College London. He shared the 1988 Wolf…

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Known for
Moore–Penrose inverse · Twistor theory · Spin network · Abstract index notation · Black hole bomb
Awards
Adams Prize (1966) · Heineman Prize (1971) · Fellow of the Royal Society (1972) · Eddington Medal (1975) · Royal Medal (1985)
Education
University College London (BSc) · St John's College, Cambridge (PhD)
Born
(1931-08-08) 8 August 1931 (age 95) Colchester, Essex, England
Children
4
Doctoral advisor
John A. Todd

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Roger Penrose → Abstract index notation, Andromeda paradox, Black hole bomb, Conformal cyclic cosmology, Cosmic censorship, Diósi–Penrose model, FELIX experiment, Geometry of spacetime, GHP formalism, Illumination problem, Moore–Penrose inverse, Newman–Penrose formalism, Orch-OR/Penrose–Lucas argument, Penrose diagram, Penrose graphical notation, Penrose inequalities, Penrose inequality, Penrose interpretation of quantum mechanics, Penrose process, Penrose stairs
Awards · 17
Roger Penrose → Adams Prize (1966), Albert Einstein Medal (1990), Copley Medal (2008), Dalton Medal (2005), De Morgan Medal (2004), Dirac Medal (IOP) (1989), Eddington Medal (1975), Fellow of the Royal Society (1972), Fonseca Prize (2011), Heineman Prize (1971), James Scott Prize Lectureship (1997–2000), Karl Schwarzschild Medal (2000), Knight Bachelor (1994), Naylor Prize and Lectureship (1991), Nobel Prize in Physics (2020), Royal Medal (1985), Wolf Prize (1988)
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Roger Penrose → Andrew Hodges, Asghar Qadir, Claude LeBrun, John McNamara, Lane Hughston, Richard Jozsa, Richard S. Ward, Tim Poston, Tristan Needham
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Roger Penrose → Bedford College, London, Birkbeck, University of London, Cornell University, King's College, London, Polish Academy of Sciences, Princeton University, Rice University, Syracuse University, Wadham College, Oxford
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Roger Penrose → St John's College, Cambridge (PhD), University College London (BSc)
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Roger Penrose → devotee of Johann Sebastian Bach, son of Margaret

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Roger PenroseAwardsKarl Schwarzschild Medal (2000)1.00infobox
Roger PenroseAwardsDe Morgan Medal (2004)1.00infobox
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Roger PenroseAwardsCopley Medal (2008)1.00infobox
Roger PenroseAwardsFonseca Prize (2011)1.00infobox
Roger PenroseAwardsNobel Prize in Physics (2020)1.00infobox
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Roger PenroseDoctoral studentsAsghar Qadir1.00infobox
Roger PenroseDoctoral studentsRichard S. Ward1.00infobox
Roger PenroseEducationUniversity College London (BSc)1.00infobox

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