Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
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Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
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Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#2Not much content in this article. Read his books to get a feeling for the breadth and depth of his thought.
Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#3This quite an old article.
> From the September 2009 issue; published online October 6, 2009
Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#4> And yet the 78-year-old Penrose—now an emeritus professor at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford—seems to live the humble life of a researcher just getting started in his career. His small office is cramped with the belongings of the six other professors with whom he shares it, and at the end of the day you might find him rushing off to pick up his 9-year-old son from school.
Wonder if that's his kid? If I were feeling particularly sour today, I'd look up how much extra risk of birth defects etc using 69 year old sperm (rather than a more normal 30-40s) entails.
Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#5Not much content in this article. Read his books to get a feeling for the breadth and depth of his thought.
Are any of his book suitable as casual on-the-tram reading? Could you recommend one of his books? Thanks.
Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#6It's so sad to see old age claim a great mind.
Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#7It's so sad to see old age claim a great mind.
I don't understand what you mean. His intellect certainly shines through in the interview, especially in the latter part where he talks about physics.
Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#8Note this: "I was unbelievably slow ... we had to do this mental arithmetic ... I was struggling away to do these tests ... I was at least twice as slow as anybody else."
Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#9> And yet the 78-year-old Penrose—now an emeritus professor at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford—seems to live the humble life of a researcher just getting started in his career. His small office is cramped with the belongings of the six other professors with whom he shares it, and at the end of the day you might find him rushing off to pick up his 9-year-old son from school. Wonder if that's his kid?…
I guess that's none of your business.
Re: Roger Penrose Says Physics Is Wrong, From String Theory to Quantum Mechanics
#10Not much content in this article. Read his books to get a feeling for the breadth and depth of his thought.
Are any of his book suitable as casual on-the-tram reading? Could you recommend one of his books? Thanks.
All books are suitable for casually reading on trams, apart from really old and delicate or oversized ones.
I loved 'The Emperors's New Mind' and 'Shadows of the Mind', and did read some of those two while on train journeys, if that helps at all.