Penrose, Sir Roger

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PENROSE, Sir Roger

PENROSE, Sir Roger. British, b. 1931. Genres: Mathematics/Statistics, Physics. Career: Bedford College, London, assistant lecturer in pure mathematics, 1956-57; St. John's College, Cambridge, research fellow, 1957- 60; NATO research fellow, Princeton University, New Jersey, and Syracuse University, New York, 1959-61; King's College, London, research associate, 1961-63; University of Texas, Austin, visiting associate professor, 1963-64; Birkbeck College, London, reader, 1964-66, professor of applied mathematics, 1966-73; University of Oxford, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, 1973-. Publications: This Is Oxford and Cambridge, 1962; An Analysis of the Structure of Space-Time, 1970; Techniques in Differential Topology in Relativity, 1973; (with W. Rindler) Spinors and Space-Time (2 vols.), 1984- 86; (co-ed.) Quantum Concepts in Space and Time, 1986; The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds and the Laws of Physics, 1989; Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness, 1994; (with S.W. Hawking) Nature of Space and Time, 1996; The Large, the Small, and the Human Mind, 1997; White Mars, 2000. Address: Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB, England. Online address: [email protected]