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Some people would claim that things like love, joy and beauty belong to a different category from science and can't be described in scientific terms, but I think they can now be explained by the theory of evolution.

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I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves.

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Many badly needed goals, like fusion and cancer cure, would be achieved much sooner if we invested more.

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There are plenty of dead scientists I admire, but I can't think of any living ones. This is probably because it is only in retrospect that one can see who made the important contributions.

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I first had the idea of writing a popular book about the universe in 1982. My intention was partly to earn money to pay my daughter's school fees.

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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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It's time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. Mankind has a deep need to explore, to learn, to know. We also happen to be sociable creatures. It is important for us to know if we are alone in the dark.

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Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries.

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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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The Planck satellite may detect the imprint of the gravitational waves predicted by inflation. This would be quantum gravity written across the sky.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Physicist

Born: January 8th, 1942

Died: March 14th, 2018

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