“A universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind capable of understanding it”
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John Barrow
John David Barrow was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician. He served as Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College from 2008 to 2011. Barrow was also a writer of popular science and an amateur playwright.
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Born 29 November 1952 · Died 26 September 2020 · Q471540
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2020· 2 entries
Died 2020-09-26.
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“If a 'religion' is defined to be a system of ideas that contains unprovable statements, then Gödel taught us that mathematics is not only a religion, it is the only religion that can prove itself to be one.”
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded Occhialini Prize (2019).
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2016· 1 entry
Won Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2016).
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2015· 2 entries
Won IOP Dirac Medal (2015).
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And the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2016
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2011· 1 entry
Won Christopher Zeeman Medal (2011).
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Kelvin Prize (2009).
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Michael Faraday Prize (2008).
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The Royal Society awarded him the Faraday Prize
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Templeton Prize (2006).
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It was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Educational Achievement by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace
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2003· 1 entry
And elected Fellow of the Academia Europaea in 2009
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2002· 1 entry
His play Infinities premiered in Milan, played in Valencia, and won the Premi Ubu 2002 Italian Theatre Prize
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1999· 1 entry
Became Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and a fellow in Clare Hall at Cambridge University
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1981· 1 entry
Joined the University of Sussex and rose to become Professor and Director of the Astronomy Centre
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1977· 2 entries
Completed his doctorate in astrophysics at Magdalen College, Oxford, supervised by Dennis William Sciama
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Studied at University of Oxford, Doctor (1977).
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1952· 1 entry
Born 1952-11-29.
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