All mathematics is is a language that is well tuned, finely honed, to describe patterns; be it patterns in a star, which has five points that are regularly arranged, be it patterns in numbers like 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 that follow very regular progression.

I think math is a hugely creative field, because there are some very well-defined operations that you have to work within. You are, in a sense, straightjacketed by the rules of the mathematics. But within that constrained environment, it's up to you what you do with the symbols.

I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.

Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself was really the first to look for.

Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent.

It's hard to teach passionately about something that you don't have a passion for.