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We are very proud that mathematician and friend of Radio 4 Sir Roger Penrose is one of three geniuses awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, for his work on black holes

https://bbc.in/3jOK9lP

And yes, there are multiple Penroses in the pic. Don't ask

Here's a #PenroseThread

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"My guest today has changed the way we see the universe" - @jimalkhalili

Of course, Nobel Prize Winner Sir Roger Penrose has been on A Life Scientific

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b082ymnx

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The Life Scientific - Roger Penrose on black holes - BBC Sounds

Sir Roger Penrose talks to Jim Al-Khalili about black holes and flaws in quantum physics.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b082ymnx

What is it about mathematicians and Bach? Four works by the great musical watchmaker amongst Sir Roger Penrose's Desert Island Discs choices

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00949p3 | @BBCSounds

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Desert Island Discs - Sir Roger Penrose - BBC Sounds

Sue Lawley's castaway is mathematician Sir Roger Penrose

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00949p3

Sir Roger Penrose is a @BBCInOurTime regular, of course, here discussing the entirely mind-bending quantum science of reality

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00548dl | @BBCSounds

#PenroseThread

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In Our Time - The Physics of Reality - BBC Sounds

Melvyn Bragg examines the attempt to reconcile Quantum Theory and classical physics.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00548dl

Another @BBCInOurTime, this time about the Big One - relativity. Sir Roger Penrose joins Professors Ruth Gregory and Martin Rees to try to explain it all to Melvyn and the rest of us

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b02144gl | @BBCSounds

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In Our Time - Relativity - BBC Sounds

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theory of relativity.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b02144gl

On Start the Week in 2016, Sir Roger Penrose joined @MarcusduSautoy, @suziesheehy and novelist Joanna Kavenna to talk about, you know, everything - with @tds153

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b07gf4rw | @BBCSounds

#PenroseThread

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And while we're on the topic of black holes, you might find this explainer from Professor Stephen Hawking handy

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