Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose, MBE (UK), Royal Society (English: Sir Roger Penrose, born August 8, 1931), British mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is the Rouse Ball Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. His research in mathematical physics is highly regarded, especially his contributions to general relativity and cosmology. Roger Penrose was the son of scientists Lionel Penrose and Margaret Lees, and the brother of mathematician Oliver Penrose and chess master Jonathan Penrose. He won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for proving that the formation of black holes conforms to the predictions of general relativity.