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Why Did The Mathematician Cross The Road? - with Roger Penrose

2020-08-08

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Sir Roger Penrose is one of the biggest names in mathematics AND physics. Here he talks about sibling rivalry, Stephen Hawking, having ideas, and toilet paper.

Roger Penrose Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Penrose

Roger Penrose books - Amazon - https://amzn.to/2XIpNBo

The Order of Merit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Merit

The Theory of Everything - 2014 movie about Stephen Hawking - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980516/

Penrose Tiling - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling

Penrose Toilet Paper - https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co439558/pack-of-four-rolls-quilted-toilet-paper-with-penrose-tiling-packaging-toilet-paper

The San Franciscos Transit Center with its Penrose Tiling - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transbay_Transit_Center#/media/File:Salesforce_Transit_Center_main_entrance.jpg

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Was Roger a prodigy
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What appealed to Roger
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Transition from thinking to mathematics
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unpublished theorems
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Mathematical physicist
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What do you write on your passport
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What kind of space there is for what
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Getting tugged towards physics
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Who bestowed your knighthood
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Did the Queen say anything
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What did Roger say to the Queen
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Becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society
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Rogers father was an FRS
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Rogers father was proud
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The Theory of Everything
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Where do ideas come from
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Why did he cross the road
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Does Roger have Penrose tiling
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The toilet paper debacle
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Did Roger invent the tiling
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Did Roger invent the jigsaw
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Was the jigsaw trivial
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How do you feel when you see it
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How do you feel about that
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What was the first thing youd ask or look up
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