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" I don't care much for equations myself. This is partly because it is difficult for me to write them down, but mainly because I don't have an intuitive feeling for equations. "

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" The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it. "

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" With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code. "

" Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity. "

" The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world. "

" There's no way to remove the observer - us - from our perceptions of the world. "

" A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality? "

" I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution. "

" My three children have brought me great joy. "

" Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world. "

" It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics. "

" Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time. "

" We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence. "

" There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. "

" I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so. "

" I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing. "

" Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. "

" One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem. "

" We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. "

" I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera. "

" People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. "

" I believe there are no questions that science can't answer about a physical universe. "

" Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. "

" I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. "

" My work and my family are very important to me. "

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" Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. "

" Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. Space and time are now dynamic quantities... space and time not only affect but are also affected by everything that happens in the universe. "

" I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. "

" However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. "

" If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He's everything that I'm not. "

" Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. "