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)
The Standard Model is a testament to the power of human intellect.
We must never stop asking 'why?'
The electroweak theory was a bold prediction that turned out to be correct.
The universe is a vast laboratory.
The joy of discovery is what keeps us going.
The universe is a complex tapestry of forces and particles.
Science is a journey, not a destination.
The electroweak theory opened up a whole new world of physics.
We are still trying to understand the fundamental nature of reality.
The universe is a source of endless fascination.
Superstring theory is the ultimate theory of everything, but it explains nothing.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
In science, we must be prepared to abandon our pet theories when the facts demand it.
Beauty in physics is not just aesthetics; it's the hallmark of truth.
String theorists are like medieval alchemists, chasing gold but finding only lead.
The electroweak theory was born from the marriage of weak and electromagnetic forces.
Life is too short for ugly theories.
Quantum mechanics is counterintuitive, but that's what makes it profound.
We physicists are dreamers, but our dreams must be grounded in experiment.
Contemporaries of Sheldon Glashow
Other Physicss born within 50 years of Sheldon Glashow (1932).