Science Quotes

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"Black holes are regions of spacetime so warped that they become prisons even for light itself."
Brian Greene
"The universe's expansion means that distant galaxies are moving away from us faster than light—yet they're not violating relativity."
Brian Greene
"String theory posits that what we call particles are merely different vibration modes of fundamental strings of energy."
Brian Greene
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"Physics is the study of the structure of nature at the fundamental level."
Abdus Salam
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"Science is the common heritage of mankind."
Abdus Salam
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"The universe speaks the language of mathematics."
Abdus Salam
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"Science is humanity's greatest achievement."
Abdus Salam
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"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy."
Sheldon Glashow
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"A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it."
Sheldon Glashow
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"The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine."
Sheldon Glashow
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"String theory is twenty-first century physics that fell accidentally into twentieth century mathematics."
Sheldon Glashow
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"I did not pray. Science can answer the big questions."
Sheldon Glashow
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"The standard model is not the final word on particle physics."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Curiosity is the driving force of science."
Sheldon Glashow
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"The universe is written in the language of mathematics."
Sheldon Glashow
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"The work of scientists is to discover nature's secrets."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Fundamental physics seeks the deepest principles."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Theory without experiment is philosophy; experiment without theory is stamp collecting."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Scientific progress requires both imagination and rigor."
Sheldon Glashow
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"The future of physics lies in understanding the fundamental nature of reality."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Science is our best tool for understanding the world."
Sheldon Glashow
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"The universe rewards curiosity."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Science transcends all boundaries."
Sheldon Glashow
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"The universe is governed by elegant principles."
Sheldon Glashow
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"The laws of physics are the same everywhere in the universe."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Physics is the most fundamental of sciences."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Every phenomenon has a rational explanation."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Understanding the universe is understanding ourselves."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Science unites humanity across all cultures."
Sheldon Glashow
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"Science is the light that dispels darkness."
Sheldon Glashow