Speaker
Roger Penrose
Nobel Prize-Winner
Roger Penrose is a world-renowned mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is best known for his work on general relativity and sharing the Wolf Prize for Physics with Stephen Hawking for his work on black holes. Additionally, he is author of The Road to Reality, Cycles of Time and Shadows of the Mind.

Roger Penrose is a world-renowned mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is best known for his work on general relativity and sharing the Wolf Prize for Physics with Stephen Hawking for his work on black holes. Additionally, he is author of The Road to Reality, Cycles of Time and Shadows of the Mind.
Roger Penrose Videos

Big Bang Creation Myths
Is the Big Bang theory mistaken?

The collapse of the wave function
Searching for reality in the quantum world

Truth and Beauty
Do beautiful theories really explain the world?

White Holes: Fact or Fantasy?
Can we go beyond the horizon of the universe?

Bang Goes the Big Bang
Is it possible that the Big Bang is a mistake?
More Videos

Secrets of the Mind
Can science explain consciousness?

Being Conscious
The science and philosophy of consciousness

March of the Machines
Is AI a threat to mankind?

The Next Universe | Roger Penrose
What if the Big Bang wasn't the beginning?

Beyond Reality
What are the limits of our understanding?

The Arc of Life: Roger Penrose
A biography of quantum gravity's founding father

Awake in the Universe (HTLGI 2010)
Keynote debate. What role do art and creativity play in making us alive?

Roger Penrose | Interview
On quantum mechanics and consciousness

The mystery of the multiverse
Should we abandon the multiverse theory?

Journey to other dimensions
The physics of higher worlds

From one universe to the next
An interview with Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose on the blatant contradiction of quantum mechanics
Where our best theories have gone wrong

The future of cosmology with Roger Penrose
Is the universe reborn in cycles?

The black hole paradox
The universe's unsolved mysteries

The divided self
What is the nature of consciousness?

The trouble with string theory
Is string theory doomed?

Quantum and the unknowable universe
Has quantum physics made the universe unknowable?

Is Mathematics Invented or Discovered?

Roger Penrose | In-depth Interview
On Gravity and Quantum Mechanics

White Holes: Fact or Fantasy?
Can we go beyond the horizon of the universe?

Imagining the universe
Is creativity an illusion?

The Universe That Wasn't There
In Search of Dark Matter and Dark Energy

The collapse of the wave function
Searching for reality in the quantum world