Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation.
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.
There are no black holes – in the sense of regimes from which light can’t escape to infinity. There are however apparent horizons which persist for a period of time.
I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
Nothing cannot exist forever.
Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.
Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.
Scientific discovery may not be better than sex, but the satisfaction lasts longer.
All my adult life people have been helping me.
Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world.
We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.
Only time – whatever that may be – will tell.
I’m a child myself, in the sense that I’m still looking. Children are fascinated by black holes and ask me questions. I find they soon get the idea if it is explained in nontechnical language.
I don’t want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left.
In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it continued at this rate, with the population doubling every 40 years, by 2600 we would all be standing literally shoulder to shoulder.
Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases.
I like physics, but I love cartoons.