Brian Greene Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“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.”
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“When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level”
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“The real question is whether all your pondering and analyses will convince you that life is worth living. That's what it all comes down to.”
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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 was holding [my four-year-old daughter] and I said, 'Sophia, I love you more than anything in the universe.' And she turned to me and said, 'Daddy, universe or multiverse?'”
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“Intelligence is the ability to take in information from the world and to find patterns in that information that allow you to organize your perceptions and understand the external world.”
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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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“Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.”
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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.”
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“Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.”
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“Sometimes nature guards her secrets with the unbreakable grip of physical law. Sometimes the true nature of reality beckons from just beyond the horizon.”
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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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“Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it’s no wonder. We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand than the story of creation?”
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“No matter how hard you try to teach your cat general relativity, you're going to fail.”
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“Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding...”
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“The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.”
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“One of the wonders of science is that it is completely universal. It crosses national boundaries with total ease.”
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“Over the centuries, monumental upheavals in science have emerged time and again from following the leads set out by mathematics.”
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“We're on this planet for the briefest of moments in cosmic terms, and I want to spend that time thinking about what I consider the deepest questions.”
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“In my own research when I'm working with equations, I never feel like I really understand what I'm doing if I'm solely relying on the mathematics for my understanding. I need to have a visual picture in my mind. I'm constantly translating from the math to some intuitive mind's-eye picture.”
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“Most scientists like to operate in the context of economy. If you don't need an explanatory principle, don't invoke it.”
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“I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.”
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“The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.”
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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.”
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“If string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.”
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“Physics grapples with the largest questions the universe presents. 'Where did the totality of reality come from?' 'Did time have a beginning?'”
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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.”
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“I'd say many features of string theory don't mesh with what we observe in everyday life.”
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“The bottom line is that time travel is allowed by the laws of physics.”
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