Roger Penrose(1931)

Physics

Sir Roger Penrose 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 Prize in Physics with Stephen Hawking for the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems, and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity".

United Kingdom
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Publications
52,136
Citations
87
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Most Cited Works

Top publications by citation count
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17
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Cosmic thoughts

New Scientist(2022)
1
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#5

Gluing Non-commutative Twistor Spaces

Quarterly Journal of Mathematics(2021)
2
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BOOKS, 1987–1996

A Century in Books(2021)
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Mysteries and False Explanations

The Cyclic Universe(2020)
0
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#9

Gluing Noncommutative Twistor Spaces

arXiv: Mathematical Physics(2020)
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#10

Considering Entropy

The Cyclic Universe(2020)
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Recent Publications

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17citations
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Cosmic thoughts

New Scientist2022
1citations

Gluing Non-commutative Twistor Spaces

Quarterly Journal of Mathematics2021
2citations
Open Access

BOOKS, 1987–1996

A Century in Books2021
0citations

Mysteries and False Explanations

The Cyclic Universe2020
0citations

Gluing Noncommutative Twistor Spaces

arXiv: Mathematical Physics2020
1citations

Considering Entropy

The Cyclic Universe2020
0citations

Education

University of Cambridge
University College London
University College School

Doctoral Advisors

J. A. ToddAndrew HodgesRichard JozsaRichard S. WardAsghar QadirClaude LeBrunLane P. HughstonTim PostonWilliam ShawTristan NeedhamRobert J LowAdam HelferKenneth Paul TodGeorge A. J. SparlingGeorge Burnett-StuartRoss MooreMatthew L. GinsbergPeter R. LawA. J. GoddardJohn M. McNamaraArthur Gary RymanB. P. JeffryesAlejandro Miguel PilatoKlaus G. PulvererThomas R. HurdAlexander S. PopovicRob BastonMichael C. SheppardStephen A. HuggettJohn MoussourisToby N. BaileyP. E. JonesSimon Williams

Career Timeline

Birkbeck, University of London1964–1973
University of Oxford1973–1998
Gresham College1998–present
Leiden University2011–2011

Positions & Roles

Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics

Academy Memberships

National Academy of Sciences (US)

Honorary Degrees

The Open University1998

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