Antony Garrett Lisi quotes
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“I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.”
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“The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. And it tells us our reality is continually branching into different possibilities, just like a coral.”
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“There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it.”
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“Yeah, I am a guy working on physics outside of academia. But I'm nowhere near Einstein's caliber.”
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“Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.”
-- Antony Garrett LisiSource : "Surfer-Physicist's Unified Theory Leads to Fame, Backlash". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. February 27, 2008.
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“I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.”
-- Antony Garrett LisiSource : "Surfer-Physicist's Unified Theory Leads to Fame, Backlash". Interview with Kim Zetter, www.wired.com. February 27, 2008.
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“The only thing that makes sense is if the universe is beautiful and simple and elegant.”
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“Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.”
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“My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do.”
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“My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.”
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“Science is our last and greatest frontier.”
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“Ninety-five per cent of my time is virtually wasted.”
-- Antony Garrett LisiSource : "Surfing the Universe" by Benjamin Wallace-Wells, www.newyorker.com. July 21, 2008.
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“I always found it satisfying that gravity was described by Einstein's geometric theory of general relativity.”
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“Deep down, everybody wants to do what they want to be doing. They just feel that they can't.”
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“Everything that can happen, does. That's quantum mechanics. But this does not mean everything happens. The rest of physics is about describing what can happen and what can't.”
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“It's hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you're trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month.”
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