Tools

Search

Explore

Videos Channels Figures

Atmrix

About

Tools

Search

Explore

Videos Channels Figures

Atmrix

About

RP

Roger Penrose

09/29/24

@ Curt Jaimungal

Twistor theory, which I started in 1963, has had many developments and has spread interest in different areas of physics.

Video

CJ

The 21st Century’s Greatest Living Scientist | Roger Penrose

@ Curt Jaimungal

The 21st Century’s Greatest Living Scientist | Roger Penrose

09/29/24

Related Takeaways

RP

Roger Penrose

09/29/24

@ Curt Jaimungal

Twistor theory can be applied in complex space-time, particularly useful for quantum theory involving wave functions.

RP

Roger Penrose

09/29/24

@ Curt Jaimungal

Twistor theory originated from my realization that light rays can be represented by points on a five-dimensional boundary, allowing for a global description of space-time.

RP

Roger Penrose

09/29/24

@ Curt Jaimungal

The concept of twistors introduces a new kind of curved twistor, which is essential for understanding complex solutions in physics, but it also leads to inherent confusion in the theory.

RP

Roger Penrose

09/29/24

@ Curt Jaimungal

I offer ambitious frameworks like twistor theory that could potentially unify quantum theory with general relativity.

RP

Roger Penrose

09/29/24

@ Curt Jaimungal

The positive-negative frequency idea in twistor theory was something I learned from Engelbert Schuching, emphasizing the importance of splitting field amplitudes in quantum field theory.

MK

Michio Kaku

10/22/19

@ Lex Fridman

String theory is currently the only theory that has survived scrutiny and attempts to unify the theories of the small and the big in physics.

RP

Roger Penrose

09/29/24

@ Curt Jaimungal

Twistors are inherently chiral, meaning they have a built-in chirality that reflects the nature of particles like photons.

LS

Leonard Susskind

12/07/18

@ Y Combinator

My physics has been extremely mainstream, and while some ideas may have seemed outlandish at first, they quickly caught on.

MK

Michio Kaku

10/22/19

@ Lex Fridman

String theory posits that all particles are vibrations on tiny strings, and physics is the harmonies you can write on these strings.