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Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
- Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.A Brief History of Time (1988)
- What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe…Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?A Brief History of Time (1988) ch. 11
- If we find the answer to that [why it is that we and the universe exist], it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason—for then we would know the mind of God.A Brief History of Time (1988) ch. 11
- I think computer viruses should count as life. Maybe it says something about human nature, that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive.‘Life in the Universe’, undated lecture on www.hawking.org (September 2008)
- Look up at the stars, and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.opening ceremony of Paralympic Games, London, 29 August 2012
- However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.opening ceremony of Paralympic Games, London, 29 August 2012
