1323 quotes by physicists for you to enjoy

Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich. Fabiola Gianotti

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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task. Fabiola Gianotti

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Musical harmony is based on physical principles, while in cooking, ingredients must be weighed out with precision. At the same time, you have to be able to invent because if one follows the same recipe all the time, you never create anything new. Fabiola Gianotti

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CERN is a concrete example of worldwide, international co-operation - and a concrete example of peace. The place which makes, in my opinion, better scientists, but also better people. Fabiola Gianotti

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I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching. Fabiola Gianotti

Feeling Touching Like Doing Hands Manual Things

Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to have ideas, to have some fantasy. Fabiola Gianotti

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CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology and innovation, and a shining concrete example of scientific cooperation and peace. Fabiola Gianotti

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We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues. Fabiola Gianotti

Opportunities Will Young Colleagues Female Scientists Male Very Same Vigilant

Diversity is really a richness for mankind. Fabiola Gianotti

Diversity Mankind Really Richness

From a scientific point of view, our mission is to seek answers to the fundamental questions about the universe. Many are open - we don't know about dark matter, which accounts for a quarter of the universe's matter, nor do we know why there's antimatter. Fabiola Gianotti

Dark Matter Universe Our Seek About Point Point Of View Open Mission Know Scientific Answers Quarter Nor Questions Accounts Which View Many Fundamental Why Fundamental Questions

With the discovery of the Higgs boson, one of the questions has been ticked off the list, but there are many others. We hope that we can find answers or hints for answers to at least some of them. But of course, this is in the hands of nature. Fabiola Gianotti

Hope Nature Others Has-Been Find Some Ticked Course Hints Answers Least Been Discovery Off Questions Hands List Them Many

In 1955, I got my degree in electrical-mechanical engineering. I realised, however, that my interest was less in practical applications than in the understanding of the underlying theoretical structure, and I decided to learn physics. Francois Englert

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Fundamental research is needed to make progress, which you cannot do solely by copying others. If you only do applied research, you quickly lose creativity. Francois Englert

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By the last decades of the 21st century, church worship will still take the form of reading passages of traditional texts - the Bible, the Koran, the Rig Veda - but physicist-priests will preside over the ceremonies. Frank Tipler

Bible Church Will Reading Worship Take Over Koran Passages Still Traditional Texts Decades Form Century Ceremonies Rig Last

Future generations will know there's nothing mystical about wetware because by 2100, Moore's law will have given us tiny quantum computers powerful enough to upload a human soul. Frank Tipler

The core of all religions is a belief in a supreme personal god. Frank Tipler

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Whether the ice caps melt, or expand - whatever happens - the anthropogenic global warming theorists claim it confirms their theory. A perfect example of a pseudo-science like astrology. Frank Tipler

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The Omega Point Theory can be a solid foundation of support for all of the great human religions. Frank Tipler

Great Solid Solid Foundation Religions Point Support Human Theory Foundation

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