While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If I have questions about the universe on my mind when I go to bed, I can't turn off. I dream equations… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I don't care much for equations myself. This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down, but mainly… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Someone told me that each equation I included in my book would halve the sales. I did put in one equation, Einstein's… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behavior. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“We have finally found something that doesn’t have a cause, because there was no time for a cause to exist in. For me this… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
[On President Bush's plan to get to Mars in 10 years] Stupid. Robots would do a better job and be much cheaper because you… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“In the eighteenth century, philosophers considered the whole of human knowledge, including science, to be their field and discussed questions such as: Did the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
A model is a good model if first it interprets a wide range of observations in terms of a simple and elegant model, and… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
