Stephen Hawking -
English cosmologist and physicist
Stephen Hawking, born in 1942 in England, is one of the most popular physicists of the present day world. Having done his graduation in the field of Physics from Oxford University, London, he is currently the alma mater of both; the University of Oxford as well as the University of Cambridge. He is widely acclaimed for his contribution to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes. His scientific works include the proofs of theorems relating to the singularities in the framework of general relativity and black holes emitting radiations.
His runaway science best seller, A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, was widely acclaimed. His scientific career now spans for more than 40 years and he is now an academic celebrity and a world-renowned theoretical physicist.
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Stephen Hawking's quotes and quotations are :
The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
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Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?
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Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.
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I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
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I think that it's important for scientists to explain their work, particularly in cosmology. This now answers many questions once asked of religion.
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Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
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One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.
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I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
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Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.
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If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.
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The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
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It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.
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There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
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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 the discussion of why we and the universe exist.
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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.
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It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
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