Many of my heroes, like Galileo, Maxwell, Newton and, less explicitly, Einstein thought what they were doing was finding out what God is. All of them had this inspiration that if you want to find out what God is, you… — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make… — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
When religion talks about our aspirations and our sense of morality, I do not believe that science can contradict it. However, when religion contradicts… — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
Knowing how to calculate something is not the same as understanding it. Having a computer to calculate the origin of mass for us may… — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
Many of my heroes, like Galileo, Maxwell, Newton and, less explicitly, Einstein thought what they were doing was finding out what God is. All… — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in… — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
“The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that ‘nothing’ is unstable.” — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
The brain rewards us for interacting with beautiful things. In this way, evolution wants to encourage us to do what is good for us. — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable. — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain. — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you. — Frank Wilczek Copy Share Image
