The universe doesn't allow perfection.
I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two hundred thousand other babies were also born that day. I don't know whether a...
Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.
I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space.
So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is really completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would have neither beginning nor end...
One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love,...
Women. They are a complete mystery.
I entered the health care debate in response to a statement in the United States press in summer 2009 which claimed the National Health Service in Great Britain would have killed me off, were I a Brit...
If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed.
I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.
Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.
However bad life may seem, where there is life, there is hope.
If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in t...
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.
Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocke...
God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God.
[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.