Facts about Roger Penrose

Occup.Physicist
FromEngland
BornAugust 8, 1931
Age92 years

Summary

Roger Penrose is a famous Physicist from England, he/she is 92 years old and still alive, born August 8, 1931.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac leo, who is known for Ruling, Warmth, Generosity, Faithful, Initiative. Our collection contains 19 quotes who is written / told by Roger.

Related authors: Stephen Hawking (Physicist)

19 Famous quotes by Roger Penrose

Small: Well I didnt actually see the Matrix but Ive seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes
"Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes"
Small: The idea is if you use those two shapes and try to colour the plane with them so the colours match, the
"The idea is if you use those two shapes and try to colour the plane with them so the colours match, then the only way that you can do this is to produce a pattern which never repeats itself"
Small: I was indeed very slow as a youngster
"I was indeed very slow as a youngster"
Small: Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are
"Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has"
Small: Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperors New Mind and that book was describing a point of vie
"Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness and why it was not something that comes about from complicated calculations"
Small: Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on mo
"Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion"
Small: Well, I dont know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because Im no real philosopher in the sense of know
"Well, I don't know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because I'm no real philosopher in the sense of knowing what these people have said in any detail so let me not comment on that too much"
Small: People think of these eureka moments and my feeling is that they tend to be little things, a little rea
"People think of these eureka moments and my feeling is that they tend to be little things, a little realisation and then a little realisation built on that"
Small: If you didnt have any conscious beings in the world, there really wouldnt be morality but with consciou
"If you didn't have any conscious beings in the world, there really wouldn't be morality but with consciousness that you have it"
Small: Im pretty tenacious when it comes to problems
"I'm pretty tenacious when it comes to problems"
Small: But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morali
"But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality"
Small: This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they see
"This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it"
Small: My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep
"My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go"
Small: As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consi
"As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consistency requirements about how string should behave and so on"
Small: As for morality, well thats all tied up with the question of consciousness
"As for morality, well that's all tied up with the question of consciousness"
Small: So what Im saying is why dont we think about changing Schrodingers equation at some level when masses b
"So what I'm saying is why don't we think about changing Schrodinger's equation at some level when masses become too big at the level that you might have to worry about Einstein's general relativity"
Small: The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions
"The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions"
Small: In the book, I make the point that here we have string theory and here we have twistor theory and we do
"In the book, I make the point that here we have string theory and here we have twistor theory and we don't know if either one of them is the right approach to nature"
Small: And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where
"And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a long way off from what other people have been thinking about"