Oliver Penrose
| Oliver Penrose | |
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| Born | 24 February 1929 Colchester, Essex, England |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Physics |
| Alma mater | Open University Heriot-Watt University University College School |
| Notable students | Asghar Qadir |
| Known for | interpretations of quantum mechanics direction of time physical chemistry of surfactants, statistical mechanics, phase transitions |
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He is the brother of Jonathan Penrose and Roger Penrose, and son of Lionel Penrose. He is the nephew of Roland Penrose. |
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Oliver Penrose FRS, FRSE (born 1929) is a British theoretical physicist.[1]
He is the son of the scientist Lionel Penrose, brother of the mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, and brother of chess master Jonathan Penrose.[2][3] He was associated for seventeen years with the Open University, and was a Professor of Mathematics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh from 1986 until his retirement in 1994. He holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Heriot-Watt, and remains active in research there. His areas of interest include statistical mechanics,[4] phase transitions in metals, and physical chemistry of surfactants. He is particularly known for the concept of off-diagonal long-range order, which is central to our present-day understanding of superfluids and superconductors. Other more abstract topics in which he has worked include understanding the physical basis for the direction of time and interpretations of quantum mechanics.[5][6][7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Notes", The rainbow and the worm: the physics of organisms by Mae-Wan Ho, World Scientific, 1998, Pg. 77
- ^ "A Priviledged View of Scientific and Artistic Brilliance", Image processing III: mathematical methods, algorithms and applications by Jonathan M. Blackledge and Martin J. Turner, Horwood Publishing, 2001, Pg. 2
- ^ "The Mandelbrot Set", Why Beliefs Matter: Reflections on the Nature of Science by E. Brian Davies, Oxford University Press, 2010, Pg. 119
- ^ "Papers dedicated to Oliver Penrose on the occasion of his 65th birthday", Volume 77, Issues 1–2 of Journal of statistical physics
- ^ "Quantum Mechanics and Real Events", Quantum chaos—quantum measurement by Predrag Cvitanović, Ian Percival, Andreas Wirzba and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division, Springer, 1992, Pg. 257
- ^ "Maxwell's demon 2: entropy, classical and quantum information, computing" by Harvey S. Leff and Andrew F. Rex, CRC Press, 2003
- ^ "The physical review—the first hundred years:" a selection of seminal papers and commentaries, Volume 1 by H. Henry Stroke, Springer, 1995
