I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself was really the first to look for.
BRIAN GREENEAssessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent.
More Brian Greene Quotes
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The strings of string theory are vibrating the particles, vibrating the forces of nature into existence, those vibrations are sort of like musical notes. So string theory, if it’s correct, would be playing out the score of the universe.
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Gravity is matter’s sugar daddy.
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I like to think that Einstein would look at string theory’s journey and smile, enjoying the theory’s remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow travelers on the long and winding road toward unification.
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You should never be surprised by or feel the need to explain why any physical system is in a high entropy state.
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Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.
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Instead, a faint mist of light will fall for eternity through an ever colder and quieter cosmos.
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That is, you can have nothingness, absolute nothingness for maybe a tiny fraction of a second, if a second can be defined in that arena, but then it falls apart into a something and an anti-something. And that something is then what we call the universe.
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Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules… Mathematicians are more like classical composers.
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A watch worn by a particle of light would not tick at all. Light realizes the dreams of Ponce de Leon and the cosmetics industry: it doesn’t age.
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I enjoy reading blogs, but am not interested in having my spurious thoughts out there.
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I’ve seen children’s eyes light up when I tell them about black holes and the Big Bang.
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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.
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Quantum Mechanics is different. Its weirdness is evident without comparison. It is harder to train your mind to have quantum mechanical tuition, because quantum mechanics shatters our own personal, individual conception of reality
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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.
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If someone wants to place the word ‘God’ on those collections of words, it’s OK with me.
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