Roger Penrose
Physicist, Academic
1931 –
Who is Roger Penrose?
Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS, is an English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science. He is the Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College.
Penrose is known for his work in mathematical physics, in particular for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology. 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.
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- Born
- Aug 8, 1931
Colchester - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Joan Isabel Wedge
(1959 - ) - Vanessa Thomas
- Joan Isabel Wedge
- Religion
- Materialism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University College London
- University of Cambridge
- St John's College, Cambridge
- University College School
- Employment
- Birkbeck, University of London
- University of Oxford
- Pennsylvania State University
- Lived in
- United Kingdom
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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