"As of now, string theorists have no explanation……" — Edward Witten
"As of now, string theorists have no explanation of why there are three large dimensions as well as time, and the other dimensions are microscopic. Proposals about that have been all over the map."
—
Edward Witten
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
31 Quotes by Edward Witten
Edward Witten has 31 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
You enter a completely new world where things aren't at all what you're used to.
-
String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a…
-
We know a lot of things, but what we don't know is a lot more.
-
I have a much easier time imagining how we would understand the big bang, even though we can't do it…
-
M stands for Magic, Mystery, or Matrixaccording to taste
-
As far as extra dimensions are concerned, very tiny extra dimensions wouldn't be perceived in everyday life, just as atoms…
-
So when you ask me how string theory might be tested, I can tell you what's likely to happen at…
-
There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for…
-
I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or…
-
One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which…
-
It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm…
-
In Einstein's general relativity the structure of space can change but not its topology. Topology is the property of something…
See all 31 quotes by Edward Witten »
More All Quotes
This quote is filed under All Quotes,
one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
— Hannah Arendt
-
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
— Hannah Arendt
-
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
— Hannah Arendt
-
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
— Hannah Arendt
-
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
— Hannah Arendt
-
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
— Pietro Aretino
-
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
-
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
-
A friend to all is a friend to none.
— Aristotle
See all 128,558 All Quotes »