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String Quotes by Brian Greene
- Einstein comes along and says, space and time can warp and curve, that's what gravity is. Now string theory comes along and says, yes, gravity,…
- I like to think that Einstein would look at string theory’s journey and smile, enjoying the theory’s remarkable geometrical features while feeling kinship with fellow…
- I'd say many features of string theory don't mesh with what we observe in everyday life.
- I can assure you that no string theorist would be interested in working on string theory if it were somehow permanently beyond testability. That would…
- My emotional investment is in finding truth. If string theory is wrong, I'd like to have known that yesterday. But if we can show it…
- String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loaf. The other slices would be displaced…
- String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to…
- String theory is the most developed theory with the capacity to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics in a consistent manner. I do believe the…
- The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. If you examine any piece of matter ever more finely, at first you'll find molecules, atoms,…
- One of the strangest features of string theory is that it requires more than the three spatial dimensions that we see directly in the world…
- String theory is not the only theory that can accommodate extra dimensions, but it certainly is the one that really demands and requires it.
- I do feel strongly that string theory is our best hope for making progress at unifying gravity and quantum mechanics.
More String Quotes
- It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and… — Alfred North Whitehead
- What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string… — Helen Keller
- You have to remember that goodbyes are temporary because no one ever really leaves and nothing lasts forever. People are always with… — Amy Poehler
- You will find truth more quickly through delight than gravity. Let out a little more string on your kite. — Alan Cohen
- When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one… — Saadi
- The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the… — Lin Yutang
- My old friend Jack Benny has only had one ball all his golfing life. And now he's lost it. The string came… — Bob Hope
- The body of science is not, as it is sometimes thought, a huge coherent mass of facts, neatly arranged in sequence, each… — Lewis Thomas