Stephen Hawking Quotes About Physics

Quotes about: Physics

• It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.

  Stephen Hawking

  Philosophy, Crazy, Space

• While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.

  Stephen Hawking

  People, Understanding, Use

• The universe and the Laws of Physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical qualities had more than slightly different values, life as we know it could not exist: Either atoms would not be stable, or they wouldn't combine into molecules, or the stars wouldn't form heavier elements, or the universe would collapse before life could develop, and so on...

  Stephen Hawking

  Stars, Law, Quality

• It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics.

  Stephen Hawking

  Reading, Men, Multitasking

  "Return of the time lord" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2005.

• We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.

  Stephen Hawking

  Atheist, Order, Law

  "Leaping the Abyss". Interview with Gregory Benford, reason.com. April 2002.

• I like physics, but I love cartoons.

  Stephen Hawking

  Cartoon, Physics

• No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.

  Stephen Hawking

  Winning, Joy, Research

  "Stephen Hawking's £1.8m physics prize win proves time is money" by Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.

• One can't prove that God doesn't exist. But science makes God unnecessary. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the need for a creator.

  Stephen Hawking

  Law, Needs, Physics

  "Stephen Hawking: 'Science Makes God Unnecessary'". Interview with Nick Watt, abcnews.go.com. September 7, 2010.

• Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.

  Stephen Hawking

  Bored, Physics, Boring

  "Stephen Hawking: A Biography". Book by Kristine Larsen, 2005.

• I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex.

  Stephen Hawking

  Sex, Book, Science

  "The Illustrated A Brief History of Time". Book by Stephen Hawking, 1996.

• One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one does He would have to act through the laws of physics.

  Stephen Hawking

  Law, Religion, Atheism

• It is impossible to imagine a four-dimensional space. I personally find it hard enough to visualize a three-dimensional space!

  Stephen Hawking

  Space, Three, Four

  Stephen Hawking (2009). “A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes”, p.25, Random House

• Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.

  Stephen Hawking

  Development, Philosopher, Physics

  "Stephen Hawking tells Google ‘philosophy is dead’". Google Zeitgeist Conference, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 17, 2011.

• Physics as we know it will be over in six months - Max Born

  Stephen Hawking

  Max, Six Months, Physics

  Stephen W. Hawking (1993). “Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays”, Bantam

• [Question: What do you think was the most important physics idea to emerge this year?]
  We won't know for a few years.

  Stephen Hawking

  Knowledge, Thinking, Years

• We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow for life. We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.

  Stephen Hawking

  Order, Law, Names

  "Leaping the Abyss". Interview with Gregory Benford, reason.com. April 2002.

• So great a contribution to physics was Two New Sciences that scholars have long maintained that the book anticipated Isaac Newton's laws of motion.

  Stephen Hawking

  Book, Law, Two

  Stephen W. Hawking (2003). “On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy”, p.397, Running Press

• Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are governed by the laws of physics and chemistry and therefore are as determined as the orbits of the planets.

  Stephen Hawking

  Law, Understanding, Religion

• It is tribute to how far we have come in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal of money to perform experiments whose results we can not predict.

  Stephen Hawking

  Theoretical Physics, Machines, Results

  Stephen W. Hawking (1993). “Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays”, Bantam

• I think my dad [ Stephen Hawking] would have been pleased if I had turned out a scientist because he truly believes that is the most interesting career open to anyone. But he also believes that you have to follow your own path in life and so he certainly wasn't going to push me toward theoretical physics when it didn't look like I was going in that direction naturally.

  Stephen Hawking

  Dad, Believe, Thinking

  "Q & A: Stephen Hawking and daughter Lucy". Today Interview, www.nbcnews.com. November 1, 2007.

• In A Brief History Of Time I used the word "God" like Einstein did as a shorthand for the laws of physics. However, this is not what most people mean by God, so I have decided not to use the term. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the need for a God.

  Stephen Hawking

  Mean, Law, People

  "Gods of science: Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox discuss mind over matter". The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2010.

• I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex.
  [Hawking adopted this statement from a remark made to him by his former post-doc, Nathan Myhrvold.]

  Stephen Hawking

  Sex, Book, Physics

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