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Experimental evidence is the final arbiter of right and wrong. (Brian Greene)
There may be many Big Bangs that happened at various and far-flung locations, each creating its own swelling, spatial expanse, each creating a universe - our universe being the result of only one of those Big Bangs. View quote
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Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that's precise, predictive and reliable - a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional. View quote
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We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings? View quote
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Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it is woefully inadequate in addressing the 'why' questions. 'Why is there a universe at all?' These are the meaning questions, which many people think religion is particularly good at dealing with. View quote
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The melded nature of space and time is intimately woven with properties of light speed. The inviolable nature of the speed of light is actually, in Einstein's hands, talking about the inviolable nature of cause and effect. View quote
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Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules... Mathematicians are more like classical composers. View quote
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I believe that through its rational evaluation of truth and indifference to personal belief, science transcends religious and political divisions and so does bind us into a greater, more resilient whole. View quote
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String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loaf. The other slices would be displaced from ours in some extra dimension of space. View quote
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I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science. View quote
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Many different planets are many different distances from their host star; we find ourselves at this distance because if we were closer or farther away, the temperature would be hotter or colder, eliminating liquid water, an essential ingredient for our survival. (Brian Greene)
I may be a Jewish scientist, but I would be tickled silly if one day I were reincarnated as a Baptist preacher. View quote
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A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision. View quote
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I've seen children's eyes light up when I tell them about black holes and the Big Bang. View quote
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Far from being accidental details, the properties of nature's basic building blocks are deeply entwined with the fabric of space and time. View quote
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When you know the answer you want, it is often all too easy to figure out a way of getting it. View quote
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I can assure you that no string theorist would be interested in working on string theory if it were somehow permanently beyond testability. That would no longer be doing science. View quote
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Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent. View quote
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There are many of us thinking of one version of parallel universe theory or another. If it's all a lot of nonsense, then it's a lot of wasted effort going into this far-out idea. But if this idea is correct, it is a fantastic upheaval in our understanding. View quote
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All mathematics is is a language that is well tuned, finely honed, to describe patterns; be it patterns in a star, which has five points that are regularly arranged, be it patterns in numbers like 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 that follow very regular progression. View quote
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I've spent something like 17 years working on a theory for which there is essentially no direct experimental support. (Brian Greene)
I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great. View quote
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When general relativity was first put forward in 1915, the math was very unfamiliar to most physicists. Now we teach general relativity to advanced high school students. View quote
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I wouldn't say that The Fabric of the Cosmos is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the major theme is our ever-evolving understanding of space and time, and what it all means for our sense of reality. View quote
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Black holes provide theoreticians with an important theoretical laboratory to test ideas. Conditions within a black hole are so extreme, that by analyzing aspects of black holes we see space and time in an exotic environment, one that has shed important, and sometimes perplexing, new light on their fundamental nature. View quote
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