Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSAis an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth8 January 1942
CityOxford, England
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.
Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.
The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.
I have experimental evidence that time travel is not possible.
One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.
When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my pistol.
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
So Einstein was wrong when he said, "God does not play dice." Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.
If one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be *psychologically* disabled as well.
There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the underlying order in the world. Today we still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from. Humanity's deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for our continuing quest. And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.