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.
people religion important
It was one time when people thought the value of the fine structure constant was important. Now of course it's still important, of course, as a practical matter,but we now know that the value it has is a function, that in any fundamental theory you derive the fine structure constant as a function of all sorts of mass ratios and so on and it's not really that fundamental.
religious atheist religion
[Science] is corrosive of religious belief, and it's a good thing too.
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.
simple logical-arguments religion
All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically
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.
thinking historical good-things
I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.
funny winning what-matters
It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose!