Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinbergis an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth3 May 1933
CountryUnited States of America
Steven Weinberg quotes about
law religion atheism
If language is to be of any use to us, then we ought to try and preserve the meaning of words, and 'god' historically has not meant the laws of nature.
atheist atheism care
Most scientists I know don't care enough about religion even to call themselves atheists.
religion atheism balance
On balance the moral influence of religion has been awful.
religion atheism seems
The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.
long important atheism
I can hope that this long sad story, this progression of priests and ministers and rabbis and ulamas and imams and bonzes and bodhisattvas, will come to an end. I hope this is something to which science can contribute ... it may be the most important contribution that we can make.
atheism invocation enjoy
I enjoy being at a meeting that doesn't start with an invocation!
religious atheism world
[C]reationists [and] other religious enthusiasts [are], in many parts of the world ..., the most dangerous adversaries of science.
people atheism superstitions
This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition
avoids errors grand sweeping
An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.
advice action mess
My advice is to go for the messes - that's where the action is.
ideas hopeful everyday
Nothing in physics seems so hopeful to as the idea that it is possible for a theory to have a high degree of symmetry was hidden from us in everyday life. The physicist's task is to find this deeper symmetry.
science arguing argument
Rational argument can be defeated by refusing to argue rationally.
way may theory
It appears that anything you say about the way that theory and experiment may interact is likely to be correct, and anything you say about the way that theory and experiment must interact is likely to be wrong.
reason-why boring reason
Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we're so interested in them.