Quotes About Discovery

But what lies ahead for those who are young now? I can say with confidence that their future will depend more on science and technology than any previous generation's has done. They need to know about science more than any before them because it is part of their daily lives in an unprecedented way.

Opening up the thrill and wonder of scientific discovery, creating innovative and accessible ways to reach out to the widest young audience possible, greatly increases the chances of finding and inspiring the new Einstein. Wherever she might be.

Tapi perkara paling pentingnya tak berubah: Bahwa alam semesta diatur oleh satu set hukum rasional yang kita bisa temukan dan pahami.

Not to leave planet Earth would be like castaways on a desert island not trying to escape.

Empedocles noticed that if you cover the neck before you immerse it, a clepsydra does not fill. He reasoned that something invisible must be preventing the water from entering the sphere through the holes—he had discovered the material substance we call air.

Tujuan akhir sains adalah menyediakan satu teori yang menjabarkan seluruh alam semesta.

Stephen Hawking

Se descobríssemos a resposta para isso [a razão pela qual o Universo existe], seria o triunfo derradeiro da razão humana — pois aí conheceríamos a mente de Deus.

My prediction is that we will know the mind of God by the end of this century.

We can't predict what that will be or when we will find it because if we knew that, we would have found it already!

Opening up the thrill and wonder of scientific discovery, creating innovative and accessible ways to reach out the widest audience possible, greatly increases the chances of finding and inspiring the new Einstein. Wherever she might be.

Our modern picture of the universe dates back to only 1924, when the American astronomer Edwin Hubble demonstrated that ours was not the only galaxy.

El afán por descubrir alimenta la creatividad en todos los campos, no sólo en la ciencia. Si llegáramos a la meta, el espíritu humano se marchitaría y moriría.

associates and collaborators were Roger Penrose, Robert

associates and collaborators were Roger Penrose

however, not very accurate, and so his value for the speed of light was 140,000 miles per second, compared to the modern value of 186,000 miles per second. Nevertheless, Roemer's achievement, in not only proving that light travels at a finite speed, but also in measuring that speed, was remarkable—coming as it did eleven years before Newton's publication of Principia Mathematica.

philosophy is dead. Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics. Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

I would see the end of physics as we know it, but now I think the wonder of discovery will continue long after I am gone. We are close to some of these answers, but we are not there yet.

But we are, by nature, explorers. Motivated by curiosity. This is a uniquely human quality. It is this driven curiosity that sent explorers to prove the Earth is not flat and it is the same instinct that sends us to the stars at the speed of thought, urging us to go there in reality.

And one final point - we never really know where the next great scientific discovery will come from, nor who will make it. Opening up the thrill and wonder of scientific discovery, [...], greatly increases the chances of finding and inspiring the new Einstein. Wherever she might be.

Stephen Hawking

Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.

greatly increases the chances of finding and inspiring the new Einstein. Wherever she might be.

No, pero me gustaría verlas.