![]() Image of the six most prominent hot spots © University of Oxford However, he said there is now experimental evidence for his theory, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, in an analysis of the “echo of the Big Bang”, known as the cosmic microwave background radiation.Ī survey revealed numerous hot spots around eight times the diameter of the full moon and up to 30 times the average nearby temperature variations. The model has not excited his peers, alas. Sir Roger’s drawing of cyclic universes © University of Oxford The conformal geometry in Sir Roger’s model – which he pointed out can be seen in representations of infinity by M C Escher – applies to particles of light, along with the remote future and big bang of each aeon, when the squashing of the cold low-density remote future matches the stretching of the hot dense big bang of the following aeon. Perhaps that is because he hails from an artistic family, notably his paternal grandfather, James Doyle Penrose, an Irish painter, and his uncle, Roland Penrose member of the British surrealist movement. The universe cycles from one aeon to the next, according to the cyclic model developed by Sir Roger, who thinks visually – his science is not just equations and numbers. ![]() ![]() The cosmos will continue to expand until stars die, then much of the matter will be dragged into black holes which in turn will evaporate after a long time through a phenomenon called Hawking Radiation, until they “go pop” to leave a universe dominated by photons (particles of light).īecause he was ‘worried about how boring the universe would be,’ Sir Roger, based at the Mathematical institute, University of Oxford, in 2005 unveiled a rival theory known as “conformal cyclic cosmology” (CCC), which he discussed in a Science Museum event in 2018, which posits that at this point, the universe begins to look much as it did at its start, setting the stage for the next Big Bang. In a subsequent conversation with David Eisenbud, Director of the Institute, Sir Roger once again challenged the standard view of cosmology, that the universe underwent “inflation”, a brief but exceptionally intense expansion just after the Big Bang, leading to the very uniform cosmos that we observe around us. Sir Roger Penrose recieves his SMG Fellowship from Dame Mary Archer, Chair of the SMG Board of Trustees On the evening Sir Roger Penrose received his award, the Nobel prize winner talked about how to make the universe a less boring place and, as a bonus, reminded us why he believes computers cannot recapitulate the workings of the human mind.Īt the Royal Society, during an event organised by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute of Berkeley, California, Sir Roger received his Science Museum Group fellowship from Dame Mary Archer, who cited his work on black holes with Stephen Hawking on ‘impossible objects’ with his father Lionel Penrose and the artist M C Escher and his contribution to Pattern Pod in the Science Museum. When it comes to his views on cosmology and consciousness, no-one can accuse our new Science Museum Group Fellow of being dull. Roger Highfield, Science Director, discusses the work of Sir Roger Penrose, the latest Science Museum Group Fellow.
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