tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944706285659960672.post5604592979207490957..comments2024-02-24T15:37:13.749+00:00Comments on Blog of the Isotopes: Roger Penrose, Nobel Laureate 2020Blog of the Isotopeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09709830920524368020noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944706285659960672.post-21171323472922345402020-10-18T21:06:55.928+01:002020-10-18T21:06:55.928+01:00Nice picture, Danny! I got a copy of Boas's m...Nice picture, Danny! I got a copy of Boas's maths book that Balliol recommended with one of my school prizes, and have the little plaque thing glued in the front :-) Blog of the Isotopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709830920524368020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944706285659960672.post-29908827689342231692020-10-07T23:37:04.366+01:002020-10-07T23:37:04.366+01:00Roger Penrose must have inspired a whole "gen...Roger Penrose must have inspired a whole "generation" of physicists. Hearing about his prize today made me feel not just happy for his deserved recognition, but quite emotional as I remembered back to that time just before university and how he and a few other writers offered a vision of just how amazing the universe is and the adventure there could be in exploring it. I must have read TENM in the Summer holiday before uni:<br /><br />https://photos.app.goo.gl/6uE81NNoKchwmfGdA<br /><br />Admittedly I fell off that horse somewhere along the way, but perhaps that was for the best! I saw him speak in Oxford too - but can't quite remember when (possibly after we graduated). I think it was in The Chequers. Wish I could remember what he said!Danny Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383780887098629234noreply@blogger.com