TagA Brief History of Time

It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue torch paper and set the universe going.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

One cannot predict the future exactly if one cannot even measure the present exactly.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

The eventual goal of science is to provide a single theory that describes the whole universe.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

Not only does God play dice, but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

The odds against a universe like ours emerging out of something like the big bang are enormous.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something very special.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time