Robert Penrose

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author
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gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Einstein_Medal
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:De_Morgan_Medal
gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkb:Eddington_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:order_of_merit
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1931-08-08
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Robert_Penrose
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Colchester
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Hodge
gptkbp:field gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:mathematics
mathematical physics
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Penrose
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:singularity_theorems
gptkb:Penrose–Hawking_singularity_theorems
gptkb:Penrose_triangle
work on black holes
Penrose tiling
conformal cyclic cosmology
orchestrated objective reduction
twistor theory
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gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2020
discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Simon_Donaldson
gptkb:Andrew_Hodges
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Lionel_Penrose
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Cycles_of_Time
gptkb:Shadows_of_the_Mind
gptkb:The_Road_to_Reality
gptkb:The_Emperor's_New_Mind
The Nature of Space and Time
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkb:Jonathan_Penrose
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Vanessa_Thomas
gptkbp:thesisTitle Tensor Methods in Algebraic Geometry
gptkbp:thesisYear 1958
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Birkbeck,_University_of_London
gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
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