The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. If you examine any piece of matter ever more … - Brian Greene

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Every time I leave the house or we go anywhere, there is a paranoia. We always have to watch for specific cars and specific signs that we're being photographed.

Brian Greene

The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. If you examine any piece of matter ever more finely, at first you'll find molecules, atoms, sub-atomic particles. Probe the smaller particles, you'll find something else, a tiny vibrating filament of energy, a little tiny vibrating string.

Energy, Examine, Finely, Firsts, Ideas, Probe

Same Author Quotes

Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules. . . Mathematicians are more like classical composers.

Avant Garde, Mathematicians, Mathematics, Rules, Science, Willing

The melded nature of space and time is intimately woven with properties of light speed. The inviolable nature of the speed of light is actually, in Einstein's hands, talking about the inviolable nature of cause and effect.

Cause, Hands, Inviolable, Light, Talking, Time

Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.

Care, Pathways, Physicists, Realizing, Truth

The tantalizing discomfort of perplexity is what inspires otherwise ordinary men and women to extraordinary feats of ingenuity and creativity; nothing quite focuses the mind like dissonant details awaiting harmonious resolution.

Creativity, Inspire, Inspires, Men, Resolution

Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it is woefully inadequate in addressing the 'why' questions. 'Why is there a universe at all?' These are the meaning questions, which many people think religion is particularly good at dealing with.

Addressing, Form, People, See, Thinking