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  1. #OxLancs2026

    Sir Roger Penrose, at the 1st Ox & Lancs Colloquium on Cosmological Features on the Largest Scales at U. of Lancashire, takes us in the past aeons with his talk on Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, and an interpretation of Lopez giant rings.

    star.uclan.ac.uk/ox-lancs-2026/

    #Cosmology #RogerPenrose #ConformalCyclicCosmology

  2. I had the incredible opportunity to meet Sir Roger Penrose when he visited our university's Institute of Astrophysics. His talent for explaining complex theories was astonishing, using charming comic-style, hand-drawn diagrams on an overhead projector. This method mirrored the clarity in his book, "The Road to Reality." His ability to simplify intricate concepts continues to be a source of inspiration. #Astrophysics #RogerPenrose #Inspiration

  3. In 1965, Roger Penrose made a groundbreaking discovery in mathematical physics. He demonstrated that under two simple assumptions, space-time inevitably leads to singularities—points where it ends. This landmark paper has been hailed as the most crucial contribution to general relativity since Einstein. #Physics #GeneralRelativity #RogerPenrose

    quantamagazine.org/singulariti

  4. We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.

    Roger Penrose

    #RogerPenrose #Emergence #Physics

  5. Words like “joy” and “beauty” and “beautiful” come up repeatedly in “The Impossible Man”; Barss elegantly conveys the thrill of discovery, which for the intuitive Penrose tended to arrive not by grinding through equations but in the form of a sudden epiphany.
    #science #physics #BookReview #RogerPenrose #biography
    nytimes.com/2024/11/13/books/r

  6. Here #RogerPenrose jokes about being too old to do #Physics and then jumps straight into #Twistors, conformal spaces and simplifying the fiber bundle. I still remember years ago picking my jaw off the floor when #RoadToReality came out. It was inhuman.
    Thanks to Curt Jaimungal for a wonderful interview.

    Via Theories Of Everything:
    20th Century's Greatest Living Scientist
    youtu.be/sGm505TFMbU?si=g4Wetp

  7. This sounds a bit controversial:-

    "Most scientists believe that #consciousness came after life, as a product of evolution. But observations of extraterrestrial organic material, along with #RogerPenrose and #StuartHameroff ’s quantum theory of consciousness, provide reason to believe that consciousness came before life. In fact, argue #Hameroff and his collaborators, consciousness may have been what made evolution and life possible in the first place."

    iai.tv/articles/life-and-consc

    #space #science

  8. Al Caffè del Cappellaio Matto: Essere Escher su Linus

    lospaziobianco.it/alcaffedelca

    Grazie al numero estivo di luglio 2024 del Linus di Igort parliamo di Escher e di alcune delle sue opere più "matematiche"

    @matematica

    #AlbertEinstein #arte #geometria #Igort #Linus #matematica #MauritsCornelisEscher #relatività #RogerPenrose

  9. What is consciousness? Research for my next book dealing with paranormal phenomenon took me down this rabbit hole. The answers may lie in the world of quantum physics. While I would not recommend this for the casual reader, it offers an interesting view into a possible explanation of the inner workings of the brain and consciousness.
    More reviews at 👇
    jturiano.com/book-reviews-non-fiction.htm

    #bookreviews #bookreview #RogerPenrose #quantumphysics #science #consciousness #mind

  10. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

    From one of our greatest living scientists, a magnificent book that provides, for the serious lay reader, the most comprehensive and sophisticated account we have yet had of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory.

    @bookstodon
    #books
    #nonfiction
    #physics
    #Universe
    #RogerPenrose