Wisdom worth sharing, words worth remembering.
I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy without pollution or global warming.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
I enjoy all forms of music – pop classical and opera.
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.
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
Among physicists I'm respected I hope.
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner but that they reflect a certain underlying order which may or may not be divinely inspired.
I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.
It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes it was 29 years.
God not only plays dice but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Not only does God play dice but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.