Stephen Hawking quote: "…only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question: “Why is the universe the way we see it?” The answer is then simple: If it had been any different, we would not be here!"

I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my...
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We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inward...
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Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along ...
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Only black holes of very low mass would emit a significant amount of radiation.
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I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my...
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So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is r...
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All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, wh...
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Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is ...
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The role played by time at the beginning of the universe is, I believe, the final key to removing th...
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I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that ...
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One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives...
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The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It ...
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Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wo...
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One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....
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It matters if you just don't give up.
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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
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The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of wh...
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All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, wh...
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I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the...
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There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you ever meet ...
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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason.
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As scientists, we step on the shoulders of science, building on the work that has come before us - a...
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We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can unders...
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All my adult life people have been helping me.
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Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of rela...
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However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
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Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.
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We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn...
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Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
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Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different...
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Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the cen...
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I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.
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No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discov...
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I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the...
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People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
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There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid o...
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I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heave...
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My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't preve...
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Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about ...
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With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the hum...
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I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on resea...
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The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.
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In my school, the brightest boys did math and physics, the less bright did physics and chemistry, an...
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To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real ...
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If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't t...
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Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoverie...
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Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
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My three children have brought me great joy.
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I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.
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It is extremely important to me to write for children.
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Most people don't have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics.
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The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph.
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I don't care much for equations myself. This is partly because it is difficult for me to write t...
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I first had the idea of writing a popular book about the universe in 1982. My intention was partly t...
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There is nothing bigger or older than the universe.
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I want my books sold on airport bookstalls.
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If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed...
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The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.
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Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time.
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I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.
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Wagner manages to convey emotion with music better than anyone, before or since.
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I am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my ...
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The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two ...
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M-theory is the unified theory Einstein was hoping to find.
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It now appears that the way the universe began can indeed be determined, using imaginary time.
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My wife and I love each other very much.
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As a child, I wanted to know how things worked and to control them. With a friend, I built a number ...
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Perhaps one day I will go into space.
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Cosmology is a rapidly advancing field.
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I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-qual...
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I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.
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Our minds work in real time, which begins at the Big Bang and will end, if there is a Big Crunch - w...
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Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.
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Many badly needed goals, like fusion and cancer cure, would be achieved much sooner if we invested m...
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My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of...
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I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.
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Nothing cannot exist forever.
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I can't disguise myself with a wig and dark glasses - the wheelchair gives me away.
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God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.
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What was God doing before the divine creation?
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I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will ce...
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There's no way to remove the observer - us - from our perceptions of the world.
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Exploration by real people inspires us.
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We must develop as quickly as possible technologies that make possible a direct connection between b...
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Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of ...
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Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be ...
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God may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator.
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I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It ...
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There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to d...
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The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much l...
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Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nucl...
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If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He's everything that I'm not.
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Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field.
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Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.
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If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way.
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Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in t...
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No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.
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I'm never any good in the morning. It is only after four in the afternoon that I get going.
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There are no black holes in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity.
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Although almost every theoretical physicist agrees with my prediction that a black hole should glow ...
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We lived in a tall, narrow Victorian house, which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war,...
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I have so much that I want to do. I hate wasting time.
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I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.
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When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect...
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I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
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We should seek the greatest value of our action.
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It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but wor...
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There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people.
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If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundre...
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I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' ...
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I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible su...
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Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is im...
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Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
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There is no unique picture of reality.
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Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.
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Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
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We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.
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Many people find the universe confusing - it's not.
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There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is prob...
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We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge ever...
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God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
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We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we sh...
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Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global...
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I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system.
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It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi...
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Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.
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One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.
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I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, bu...
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Women. They are a complete mystery.
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People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
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I entered the health care debate in response to a statement in the United States press in summer 200...
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There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimat...
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Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
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My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."
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For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the ...
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While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predictin...
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I'm an atheist.
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Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limi...
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I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, h...
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I don't want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy le...
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In my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind.
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There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more ad...
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I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller. It was my first popular bo...
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My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many...
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Stem cell research is the key to developing cures for degenerative conditions like Parkinson's a...
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'The Simpsons' appearances were great fun. But I don't take them too seriously. I think ...
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I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say...
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When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.
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I had a bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University that the Higgs particle wouldn't be found.
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A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved...
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We live in a bewildering world.
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There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet.
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Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.
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Imaginary time is a new dimension, at right angles to ordinary, real time.
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The Planck satellite may detect the imprint of the gravitational waves predicted by inflation. This ...
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The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitr...
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In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity....
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I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change...
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This required abandoning the idea that there is a universal quantity called time that all clocks mea...
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It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't don...
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If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by pre...
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I think that it's important for scientists to explain their work, particularly in cosmology. This no...
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My publisher told me that the number of readers of this book will be inversely proportional to the n...
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We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evi...
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We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal...
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The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
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Not only does God play dice with the Universe - he sometimes casts them where they can't be seen.
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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exi...
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For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed ...
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Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
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When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have
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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason
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It's a pity that nobody has found an exploding black hole. If they had, I would have won a Nobel...
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Some forms of motor neuron disease are genetically linked, but I have no indication that my kind is....
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The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, dir...
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The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.
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If I had a time machine, I'd visit Marilyn Monroe in her prime or drop in on Galileo as he turne...
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I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.
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It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that expla...
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God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physic...
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If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?
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Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand fore...
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My ideal role would be a baddie in a James Bond film. I think the wheelchair and the computer voice ...
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Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the com...
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Quiet people have the loudest minds.
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I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change noth...
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When people ask me if a god created the universe, I tell them that the question itself makes no sens...
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There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which ...
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For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed ...
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Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is ...
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So Einstein was wrong when he said, "God does not play dice." Consideration of black holes suggests,...
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We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught ...
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It matters if you just don't give up
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In such a massive place as the cosmos we only have to look at ourselves for prove that extremely unl...
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I put a lot of effort into writing A Briefer History at a time when I was critically ill with pneumo...
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Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would ...
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When asked, 'What did God do before he created the universe?' St. Augustine didn´t reply, 'he was p...
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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value
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…only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question: “Why is the universe the way we see it?” The answer is then simple: If it had been any different, we would not be here!

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…only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question: “Why is the universe the way we see it?” The answer is then simple: If it had been any different, we would not be here!

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