Paul Steinhardt

Cosmology United States 1952 101 quotes

American physicist who proposed cyclic models challenging inflation, debating the universe's eternal cycles.

Quotes by Paul Steinhardt

The Planck scale hides quantum gravity's secrets.

Paper 1985

Branes colliding birthed our universe.

Theory 2001

Science progresses funeral by funeral.

Quip

Cosmic microwave background holds clues to origins.

Observation 1992

Personal fulfillment comes from curiosity.

Essay

Supersymmetry is overhyped.

Article 2012

The universe's fate is in its geometry.

Book 1980

Witty comebacks in debates sharpen ideas.

Anecdote

Gravitational waves confirm general relativity.

Commentary 2016

Life's profound questions drive cosmology.

Reflection

Avoiding singularities requires new physics.

Paper 2006

Collaboration trumps solitary genius.

Speech 2017

The cosmos is weirder than fiction.

Interview

Ekpyrosis explains flatness without inflation.

Theory 2001

Meaning emerges from complexity.

Personal Note

String theory's extra dimensions are unobservable.

Critique 2005

Discoveries like quasicrystals inspire awe.

Announcement 1984

Science is humanity's best tool for understanding.

Op-Ed 2020

Bouncing cosmologies resolve the horizon problem.

Paper 2002

Laughter lightens the weight of big questions.

Anecdote