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Eternity is a long time, especially towards the end. (Stephen Hawking)
Only time(whatever that may be) will tell. View quote
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Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge. View quote
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You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it. View quote
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The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people. View quote
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The universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us. View quote
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If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else. View quote
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Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times the results of experiments agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next time the result will not contradict the theory. View quote
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Time and space are finite in extent, but they don't have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but with two more dimensions. View quote
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I like physics, but I love cartoons. View quote
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Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur. (Stephen Hawking)
Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases. View quote
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thus, in a sense, we are all doomed. even if we stay away from black holes. View quote
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God abhors a naked singularity. View quote
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We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is? View quote
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What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise. View quote
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The universe would have expanded in a smooth way from a single point. As it expanded, it would have borrowed energy from the gravitational field, to create matter. As any economist could have predicted, the result of all that borrowing, was inflation. The universe expanded and borrowed at an ever-increasing rate. Fortunately, the debt of gravitational energy will not have to be repaid until the end of the universe. View quote
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Einstein is the only figure in the physical sciences with a stature that can be compared with Newton. Newton is reported to have said "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." This remark is even more true of Einstein who stood on the shoulders of Newton. Both Newton and Einstein put forward a theory of mechanics and a theory of gravity but Einstein was able to base General Relativity on the mathematical theory of curved spaces that had been constructed by Riemann while Newton had to develop his own mathematical machinery. It is therefore appropriate to acclaim Newton as the greatest figure in mathematical physics and the Principia is his greatest achievement. View quote
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To show this diagram properly, I would really need a four dimensional screen. However, because of government cuts, we could manage to provide only a two dimensional screen. View quote
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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason. View quote
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I used to think that information was destroyed in black holes. But the AdS/CFT correspondence led me to change my mind. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science. (Stephen Hawking)
The Dreams that Stuff is Made of. View quote
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If we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God. View quote
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I now predict that I was wrong. View quote
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Mathematics is more than a tool and language for science. It is also an end in itself, and as such, it has, over the centuries, affected our worldview in its own right. View quote
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