Sheldon Glashow
Shared the Nobel Prize for his contributions to the electroweak unification theory.
Most quoted
"The Standard Model is a theory of almost everything, but not quite everything. It's a theory of the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions, but it doesn't include gravity. And it doesn't explain why there are three generations of quarks and leptons, or why the Higgs boson has the mass it does."
— from Various interviews and lectures
"We do not ask for what end the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for song. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens."
— from Nobel Lecture, 1991
"Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) are beautiful, but they're not necessarily true. They're a step in the right direction, but they're not the final answer."
— from Various interviews and lectures
All quotes by Sheldon Glashow (393)
We must remain open to new ideas, no matter how unconventional they may seem.
The universe is not obliged to make sense to us, but it often does.
The search for fundamental particles is like peeling back the layers of an onion.
Science is a global enterprise.
The future of physics is bright, full of challenges and opportunities.
The Higgs boson was the missing piece of the puzzle.
We are all explorers in the vast ocean of knowledge.
The universe is more elegant than we could ever imagine.
The pursuit of understanding is its own reward.
The Standard Model is a remarkably successful theory, despite its limitations.
We must continue to push the boundaries of what we know.
The universe is a cosmic dance of particles and forces.
The greatest discoveries often come from questioning the obvious.
The electroweak unification was a step towards a grander synthesis.
We are privileged to live in an era of such profound scientific discovery.
The universe is a puzzle, and we are all trying to put the pieces together.
The search for dark matter and dark energy is one of the most exciting frontiers.
The Nobel Prize is a wonderful thing, but it's not a license to be an idiot.
If you want to be a physicist, you have to be a little bit crazy. If you want to be a good physicist, you have to be a lot crazy.
The trouble with physics is that it's too easy to be wrong.
Contemporaries of Sheldon Glashow
Other Physicss born within 50 years of Sheldon Glashow (1932).