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 are all interconnected, like threads in a cosmic tapestry.
The beauty of mathematics is its universal language.
Consciousness is the universe experiencing itself.
Our existence is a precious gift.
The universe is a grand design, even if we don't fully grasp it.
The end of life is not the end of everything.
The pursuit of knowledge is an act of hope.
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.
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.
String theory is a beautiful mathematical edifice, but it's not physics. It's not falsifiable, and it hasn't made any testable predictions.
The idea that there's a 'theory of everything' is a bit presumptuous. We're still trying to understand the 'theory of almost everything.'
Physics is an experimental science. If you can't test your theories, then they're not physics.
The search for new physics is like looking for a needle in a haystack. But we're not even sure there's a needle in the haystack.
The universe is a much stranger place than we can imagine. And that's what makes physics so exciting.
The job of a physicist is to explain the world around us, not to invent new worlds.
We're living in a golden age of physics, but it's also a challenging time. We're facing some very difficult questions.
The biggest challenge in physics today is to find a theory that unifies gravity with the other forces.
The idea of extra dimensions is an interesting one, but it's not clear if it's relevant to our universe.
Supersymmetry is a beautiful idea, but there's no experimental evidence for it. And that's a problem.
The multiverse is a fascinating concept, but it's not clear if it's a scientific concept. It's very difficult to test.
Contemporaries of Sheldon Glashow
Other Physicss born within 50 years of Sheldon Glashow (1932).