Roger Penrose and the threshold of science
Abstract
In the year 2020, British physicist Roger Penrose was awarded the Nobel Prize. In this article, his main researches will be presented, focusing on his model of quantum consciousness. We show the wide spectrum of his work, as well as his boldness in several aspects related to current research in physics.
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