Sir Roger Penrose at the Faculty of Science and Engineering
The Faculty of Science and Engineering welcomes Sir Roger Penrose, emeritus Professor of Mathematics of the University of Oxford, for a two-day visit to Maastricht.
Sir Roger Penrose has done pioneering work in the domain of physics and mathematics. He won several awards for his work, among which the Wolf Prize in Physics together with Professor Stephen Hawking. However, his contribution to science spans many different disciplines and has even expanded into art, for example in the form of Penrose stairs found in the work of Dutch artist M.C. Escher.
Programme
| Wednesday 23 January | |
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14:00 - 16:00 |
Symposium ‘Physics and Mathematics @ Maastricht’ A bird’s-eye view of research in the domain of physics and mathematics at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering. Speakers:
This event is by invitation only. |
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20:00 - 22:00 |
Studium Generale lecture by Sir Roger Penrose: Hawking Points? Sir Roger Penrose will present powerful observational evidence of conformal cyclic cosmology (CCC). Penrose popularised this theory in his 2010 book Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe. This event is open to all |
| Thursday 24 January | |
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10:00 - 12:00 |
Interactive Q&A session with sir Roger Penrose Interactive Q&A session with Sir Roger Penrose and students from various bachelor’s programmes. Together, they explore the boundaries between different disciplines: mathematics, philosophy, physics and artificial intelligence. This event is by invitation only |
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