Century Quote by Steven Weinberg

If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to…

— Stephen Hawking

I'm very suspicious of the idea of a "final theory" in natural science, and the thought of a complete system of ethical rules seems…

— Philip Kitcher

At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential ingredients of a comprehensive theory…

— Val Logsdon Fitch

nd now that man's history has been for the first time systematically considered as a whole, and has been found to be, like all…

— Auguste Comte

I don't believe that the ultimate theory will come by steady work along existing lines. We need something new. We can't predict what that…

— Stephen Hawking

We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on…

— Thomas A. Edison

At this point in history when all things which concern man and the structure and elements of history itself are suddenly revealed to us…

— Karl Mannheim

“Real understanding of any scientific subject must include some knowledge of its historical growth; we cannot comprehend and accept modern concepts and theories without…

— Colin Cherry

The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their…

— John Playfair

The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and…

— Nikola Tesla

I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity. We have already discovered the basic laws that govern matter and understand…

— Stephen Hawking

Some wonder whether some day we will arrive at a theory of everything and run out of new problems to solve - much as…

— David Gross