Roger Penrose
Born in 1931
Science
Sir Roger Penrose is a renowned British mathematician and physicist known for his significant contributions to general relativity and cosmology.
He has held prestigious positions at the University of Oxford and is an honorary fellow at Cambridge and University College London.
Penrose's work on black holes and singularity theorems, in collaboration with Stephen Hawking, earned him the 1988 Wolf Prize in Physics.
His interdisciplinary approach spans mathematics, physics, and philosophy of science.
In 2020, Penrose was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking work on black hole formation.
His research has profoundly influenced our understanding of the universe and the nature of space and time.
