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Sometimes models are surprisingly smart.
Secrets of the cosmos will begin to unravel. I, for one, can't wait.
It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.
Basically, I wasn't properly socialized, so it made sense to do physics.
I really like that my work is getting more people interested in science.
When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?
I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.
Physicists have yet to understand why the Higgs boson's mass is what it is.
I think simplicity is a good guide: The more economical a theory, the better.
Maybe dark matter is denser than we usually assume, kind of like the Milky Way plane.
When you're reaching out to people beyond the scientific community, image does matter.
We certainly don't yet know all the answers. But the universe is about to be pried open.
All the normal matter in the Milky Way disc is denser than the dark matter that surrounds it.
What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen.
You have principles. You test them as accurately as you can. Eventually, they might break down.
Science is a combination of theory and experiment and the two together are how you make progress.
I really do think that science has an internal structure, and it makes sense, and we can test it.
I'm not creating the universe. I'm creating a model of the universe, which may or may not be true.
You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak.
Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress.
I would say it's important for scientists to speak out when they can and when they can be listened to.
One of the nice things about math and science is it’s obvious, you get the answer or you don’t get the answer.
When I was in school I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.
When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.
I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving.
I grew up in New York City. I went to museums so much as a kid, and I guess I didn't realize how much it affected me.
Probably if you look like Tyra Banks, it probably is hard, even if you are really smart, for people to take - it surprises some.
There are a lot of mysteries about quantum mechanics, but they mostly arise in very detailed measurements in controlled settings.
We live in a world where there are many risks, and it's high time we start taking seriously which ones we should be worried about.
Harvard freshmen are smart, interested, and excited, and it's fun hearing their different perspectives and stuff that they will share.
Travel at faster than the speed of light certainly can have dramatic implications that are difficult to understand, such as time travel.
I started out working on supersymmetry. The theory predicts that for every particle we know about, there will be an additional particle.
There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is.
Scientific experiments are expensive, and people are entitled to know about them if they want to. I think it is very difficult to convey ideas.
If you look through the shelves of science books, you'll find row after row of books written by men. This can be terribly off-putting for women.
Most physicists like myself won't believe the result until every possible caveat has been investigated and/or the result is confirmed elsewhere.
If you keep telling girls they're less good at science, that will probably be self-fulfilling. But there are quite a lot of women who are good at it.
You learn that the interest is in what you don't yet know and that theories evolve. But we nonetheless have progress and improved knowledge over time.
I don't think we have reached a point where art really translates into science. Perhaps for some people, having good visuals can help translate into science.
For me, the most absorbing films are those that address big questions and real ideas but embody them in small examples that we can appreciate and comprehend.
Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but...ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct.
I did not set out to explain the extinction of the dinosaurs. I'm a particle physicist, and I was actually thinking about dark matter along with some collaborators.
Both religions and musicals work best with energetic and committed believers. Cynicism or detachment would have destroyed the magic - something true of religion, too.
I had this illusion that if I kind of dressed badly that I wouldn't stand out. You know, so I actually went out of my way to not look different to the extent I could.
You might find it hard to imagine gravity as a weak force, but consider that a small magnet can hold up a paper clip, even though the entire earth is pulling down on it.
Although I was first drawn to math and science by the certainty they promised, today I find the unanswered questions and the unexpected connections at least as attractive.
You have to be careful when you use beauty as a guide. There are many theories people didn't think were beautiful at the time but did find beautiful later - and vice versa.
Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements at the core.
I was always good at math, but I was good at everything. It sounds obnoxious, but I was just smart. In school, it's kind of obvious when you're learning things faster than other kids.
Neuroscience is exciting. Understanding how thoughts work, how connections are made, how the memory works, how we process information, how information is stored - it's all fascinating.