It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of physics. I have now resolved these… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In the past, there was active discrimination against women in science. That has now gone, and although there are residual effects, these… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The progress of the human race in understanding the universe has established a small corner of order in an increasingly disordered universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does… — 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
