From the archive: an interview with Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose (part 1) - podcast
by Presented by Ian Sample and produced by Max Sander from Science | The Guardian on (#5AFFA)
In the first part of this episode from 2016, Ian Sample speaks with the acclaimed mathematician and physicist Prof Sir Roger Penrose about his then most recent book, Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe. Warning of the potential dangers of dogmatic belief and unheralded faith, the recent Nobel laureate asks whether string theory has become too fashionable and warns of an overreliance on quantum mechanics.
Part 2 coming on Thursday
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