Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
We have simply arrived too late in the history of the universe to see this primordial simplicity easily ... But although the… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Even though their arguments did not invoke religion, I think we all know what's behind these arguments. They're trying to protect religious… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
I now want to tell three stories about advances in twentieth-century physics. A curious fact emerges in these tales: time and again… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Alas, Islam turned against science in the twelfth century. The most influential figure was the philosopher Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali, who argued in… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
There is now a feeling that the pieces of physics are falling into place, not because of any single revolutionary idea or… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
As you learn more and more about the irrelevance of human life to the general mechanism of the universe, the idea of… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Nothing in physics seems so hopeful to as the idea that it is possible for a theory to have a high degree… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“The apparent strengths of the forces in any field theory depend on two kinds of numerical parameter: the masses (if any) of the particles… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Many people do simply awful things out of sincere religious belief, not using religion as a cover the way that Saddam Hussein may have… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
This is often the way it is in physics - our mistake is not that we take our theories too seriously, but that we… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
I would say it's a lot easier to develop a decoy system than to develop the intercontinental ballistic missile itself. I would think that… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Rational argument can be defeated by refusing to argue rationally. — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
The universe is an enormous direct product of representations of symmetry groups. — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Its a consequence of the experience of science. As you learn more and more about the universe, you find you can understand more and… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Our job in physics is to see things simply, to understand a great many complicated phenomena in a unified way, in terms of a… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Plato and the neo-Platonists taught that the beauty we see in nature is a reflection of the beauty of the ultimate, the nous. For… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy. — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
