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" There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people. "
Stephen Hawking
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" It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's day hadn't made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal. "
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" Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.' "
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" I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. "
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" I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. "
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" In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the center of the universe, we now find ourselves orbiting an average-sized sun, which is just one of millions of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy. "
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" When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have. "
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" I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality. "
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" Using e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world. "
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" If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would have recollapsed before it reached its present size. On the other hand, if it had been greater by a part in a million, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for stars and planets to form. "
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" My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of physics. I have now resolved these problems, but the answer turned out to be not what I expected. "
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" We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. "
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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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