Quotes About Michio

I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist.

Reality has always proved to be much more sophisticated and subtle than any preconceived philosophy.

It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.

Three of the four forces (excluding gravity) are therefore united by quantum theory, giving us unification without geometry, which appears to contradict the theme of this book and everything we have considered so far.

La única predicción importante que no se ha cumplido es la clonación humana.

The notion that we live in a quiet, ordinary suburb of the galaxy was simple and comforting. But boy, we were wrong.

A headlamp of known brightness is a "standard candle." A Type Ia supernova acts as a standard candle, so it's easy to tell its distance.)

If you go to Rome, you might want to visit the Campo de' Fiori—the "Plain of Flowers"—where there is an imposing statue of Bruno on the very spot where he faced his death.

As a result of parallax, many of the UFOs spotted trailing after our cars are actually sightings of the planet Venus.)