"One very important aspect of string theory is……" — Edward Witten
"One very important aspect of string theory is definitely testable. That was the prediction of supersymmetry, which emerged from string theory in the early '70s."
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Edward Witten
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31 Quotes by Edward Witten
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You enter a completely new world where things aren't at all what you're used to.
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String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a…
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We know a lot of things, but what we don't know is a lot more.
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I have a much easier time imagining how we would understand the big bang, even though we can't do it…
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M stands for Magic, Mystery, or Matrixaccording to taste
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As far as extra dimensions are concerned, very tiny extra dimensions wouldn't be perceived in everyday life, just as atoms…
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So when you ask me how string theory might be tested, I can tell you what's likely to happen at…
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There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for…
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I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or…
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One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which…
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It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm…
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In Einstein's general relativity the structure of space can change but not its topology. Topology is the property of something…
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More Aspect Quotes
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
— Isaac Asimov
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Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.
— Margaret Atwood
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The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand…
— Dean Acheson
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I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice…
— John Avlon
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.
— Drew Barrymore
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I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face,…
— Beck
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Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control…
— Robert Foster Bennett
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
— Aaliyah
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Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an…
— Elizabeth Berkley
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.…
— Gael Garcia Bernal
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