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Theoretical Physicist

Steven Weinberg is a renowned theoretical physicist known for his contributions to particle physics and cosmology. In 1967, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow, for their work on the unification of the weak interaction.

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Famous Steven Weinberg Quotes

“It seems a bit unfair to my relatives to be murdered in order to provide an opportunity for free will for Germans, but even putting that aside, how does free will account for cancer? Is it an opportunity of free will for tumors?”

Doe Seems Order Opportunity Bits Atheism Accounts Cancer Free Will Unfair Tumors

Book:Facing Up

Source: Facing Up

“The more we refine our understanding of God to make the concept plausible, the more it seems pointless.”

Seems Understanding Concepts Pointless Plausible

Book:Dreams of a Final Theory

Source: Dreams of a Final Theory

“This is often the way it is in physics - our mistake is not that we take our theories too seriously, but that we do not take them seriously enough. It is always hard to realize that these numbers and equations we play with at our desks have something to do with the real world. Even worse, there often seems to be a general agreement that certain phenomena are just not fit subjects for respectable theoretical and experimental effort.”

World Way Real Hard Enough Play Seems Certain Realizing Numbers Effort Mistake Subjects Theory Fit Physics Agreement Real World Desks Equations Theoretical Respectable

Author:Steven Weinberg

“The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.”

Seems Religion Universe Atheism Pointless

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“If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern for us. To me it would seem impolite if not impious to bother such a God with our prayers.”

Ifs Humans Seems Pain Religion Prayer Taken Plans Atheism Special Concern Bother Our Prayers If There Is A God

Book:Dreams of a Final Theory

Source: Dreams of a Final Theory

“It is even harder to realize that this present universe has evolved from an unspeakably unfamiliar early condition, and faces a future extinction of endless cold or intolerable heat. The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless.”

Seems Faces Science Universe Realizing Conditions Cold Future Harder Endless Heat Extinction Pointless Unfamiliar

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“Nothing in physics seems so hopeful to as the idea that it is possible for a theory to have a high degree of symmetry was hidden from us in everyday life. The physicist's task is to find this deeper symmetry.”

Ideas Seems Science Theory Degrees Tasks Everyday Deeper Physics Hopeful Everyday Life Physicist Symmetry

Author:Steven Weinberg

“If history is any guide at all, it seems to me to suggest that there is a final theory. In this century we have seen a convergence of the arrows of explanation, like the convergence of meridians toward the North Pole.”

Ifs Seems Science History Century Theory Evidence Finals Guides Explanation Arrows Convergence North Pole

Author:Steven Weinberg

“It seems that scientists are often attracted to beautiful theories in the way that insects are attracted to flowers — not by logical deduction, but by something like a sense of smell.”

Way Seems Beautiful Flower Theory Scientist Smell Logical Insects Deductions

Author:Steven Weinberg

“Sometimes nature seems more beautiful than strictly necessary.”

Sometimes Seems Beautiful

Book:Dreams of a Final Theory

Source: Dreams of a Final Theory

“The more comprehensible the universe becomes the more pointless it seems.”

Seems Universe Pointless

Author:Steven Weinberg

About the Author

Born: May 3, 1933
Known for: Theoretical Physicist
Quotes: 91

Books & Sources

Facing UpRelated source material

Dreams of a Final TheoryRelated source material

The first three minutes: a modern view of the origin of the universeRelated source material

Lake ViewsRelated source material

Dreams Of A Final Theory: The Search for The Fundamental Laws of NatureRelated source material

Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial LecturesRelated source material

Shelter Island II: Proceedings of the 1983 Shelter Island Conference on Quantum Field Theory and the Fundamental Problems of PhysicsRelated source material

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