Roger Penrose

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1,638 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2025 last heard 3 Nov

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ways.

Okay, let's hear it.

Well it was Dennis's idea.

You see he I d uh Dennis said you must go to America.

He thought that I'd needed to I

I needed to understand what was going on in quantum gravity, I guess, and things like that.

And there was I c got a NATO fellowship.

For two years.

Which was to go to Princeton.

And that was it.

In the advice of Dennis Sharma.

So I put in for it and and managed to I get it.

I got it.

And so I went to Princeton, it was meant to be for two years.

I stayed about a year and a half at Princeton.

Then I went to Syracuse because a lot of good people were going to Syracuse.

And that was useful.

How to do quantum gravity and things like that.

I didn't think they were gonna get you anywhere.

I think I didn't think doing quantum gravity is gonna get you anywhere.

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