Planets Quotes by Paul Davies

“When I was a child, I often used to lie awake at night, in fearful anticipation of some unpleasant event the following day, such…

— Paul Davies

So how can we test the idea that the transition from nonlife to life is simple enough to happen repeatedly? The most obvious and…

— Paul Davies

I think if we're going to send messages to the stars then it needs a great deal of thought that it's something that should…

— Paul Davies

Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental 'superlaws,' but the superlaws themselves must still…

— Paul Davies

Studying cancer could provide huge insights for astrobiologists into the nature of life itself.

— Paul Davies

Cancer cells come pre-programmed to execute a well-defined cascade of changes, seemingly designed to facilitate both their enhanced survival and their dissemination through the…

— Paul Davies

It may seem bizarre, but in my opinion science offers a surer path to God than religion.

— Paul Davies

“Until now, I've been writing about "now" as if it were literally an instant of time, but of course human faculties are not infinitely…

— Paul Davies

A permanent base on Mars would have a number of advantages beyond being a bonanza for planetary science and geology. If, as some evidence…

— Paul Davies

Although the elusive 'cure' may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less…

— Paul Davies

Through conscious beings the universe has generated self-awareness. This can be no trivial detail, no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly…

— Paul Davies

The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newton's formulation of the laws of gravitation and motion. It is no…

— Paul Davies

“Can a truly absurd universe so convincingly mimic a meaningful one?”

— Paul Davies

Astronauts have been stuck in low-Earth orbit, boldly going nowhere. American attempts to kick-start a new phase of lunar exploration have stalled amid the…

— Paul Davies

Even if we don't have a precise idea of exactly what took place at the beginning, we can at least see that the origin…

— Paul Davies