Antony Garrett Lisi
Antony Garrett Lisi
Antony Garrett Lisi, known as Garrett Lisi, is an American theoretical physicist and adventure sports enthusiast. Lisi works as an independent researcher without an academic position. He is a strong proponent of balance in life, in his case between scientific research and enjoyment of the outdoors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth24 January 1968
CountryUnited States of America
math doe world
Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.
father thinking path
My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.
beautiful simple make-sense
The only thing that makes sense is if the universe is beautiful and simple and elegant.
fall mind theory
I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.
fun surfing planets
Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.
guy academia physics
Yeah, I am a guy working on physics outside of academia. But I'm nowhere near Einstein's caliber.
people want good-things
There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it.
want feels deep-down
Deep down, everybody wants to do what they want to be doing. They just feel that they can't.
ninety cents five
Ninety-five per cent of my time is virtually wasted.
beautiful animal unusual
Coral is a very beautiful and unusual animal. Each coral head consists of thousand of individual polyps. These polyps are continually budding and branching into genetically identical neighbors.
thinking ecstatic
You cannot think when you're ecstatic.
beautiful thinking space
I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.
abandon large line science toss
As with any large investment, it can be emotionally difficult to abandon a line of research when it isn't working out. But in science, if something isn't working, you have to toss it out and try something else.
motivation inspiration reality
The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works. And it tells us our reality is continually branching into different possibilities, just like a coral.