But, as Einstein once said, “For we convinced physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.”5

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

My best teachers were not the ones who knew all the answers, but those who were deeply excited by questions they couldn't answer.

Einstein's theory of relativity does a fantastic job for explaining big things. Quantum mechanics is fantastic for the other end of the spectrum - for small things.

I've seen children's eyes light up when I tell them about black holes and the Big Bang.

Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presentation.

When kids look up to great scientists the way they do to great musicians and actors, civilization will jump to the next level