TagA Brief History of Time

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we would know the mind of God.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein’s general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

The boundary condition of the universe…is that it has no boundary.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it?

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

Although September 11 was horrible, it didn’t threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time