Yeah, I am a guy working on physics outside of academia. But I'm nowhere near Einstein's caliber. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
It is extraordinarily difficult, even in academia, to find a job that will let you do whatever you want with your time. If you are determined to spend your time following your own interests, you pretty much have to do… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
I've gotten e-mails asking, 'Are you taking students?' Well, come visit and I'll be happy to talk to you. But I'm not a degree-granting… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
As with any large investment, it can be emotionally difficult to abandon a line of research when it isn't working out. But in science,… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
If you share an office next to a guy for twenty years, and you like him and you're friends with him, it's hard to… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
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… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
What physics tells us is that everything comes down to geometry and the interactions of elementary particles. And things can happen only if these… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
Deep down, everybody wants to do what they want to be doing. They just feel that they can't. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes sense is if the universe is beautiful and simple and elegant. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
