Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSAis an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth8 January 1942
CityOxford, England
Stephen Hawking quotes about
Physics as we know it will be over in six months - Max Born
Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.
Quiet people have the loudest minds.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans.
I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe and for that, I am extremely grateful.
God abhors a naked singularity.
It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.
It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.
We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe
Theology is unnecessary.
Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.
So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist