In the 1960s, in an attempt to understand quantum gravity, physicist Roger Penrose proposed such a radical alternative. In Penrose's twistor theory, ...

In the late 1960s the renowned University of Oxford physicist and mathematician Roger Penrose came up with a radically new way to develop a unified theory of physics. Instead of seeking to explain ...

Roger Penrose could easily be excused for having a big ego. A theorist whose name will be forever linked with such giants as Hawking and Einstein, ... He invented twistor theory — a novel way to look ...

image: A diagram depicting a twistor -- an extended entity in space and time that can be thought of as a 2-dimensional light ray. view more Credit: Penrose, R., & Rindler, W. (1986).

Roger Penrose is one of the world's most prominent theoretical physicists who in 1965 ... Penrose is also known as the founding father of quantum gravity through his work on twistor theory, ...

As Penrose indicated in 1972, twistor theory was intended to change everything, including gravity and its relation to mass. Here also there are new developments.

Roger Penrose is one of the most pre-eminent cosmologists alive today, ... He invented the twistor theory for mathematical representation of highly complex multidimensional geometry.

Roger Penrose’s book on “fashion, faith and fantasy” in physics asks excellent questions, but reviewer Chanda Prescod-Weinstein finds some of the answers wanting. ... twistor theory. Each of these ...

New math bridges holography and twistor theory Date: March 29, 2018 ... In the 1960s, in an attempt to understand quantum gravity, physicist Roger Penrose proposed such a radical alternative.

Roger Penrose could easily be excused for having a big ego. A theorist whose name will be forever linked with such giants as Hawking and Einstein, ... He invented twistor theory — a novel way to look ...