If string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.

The idea that there could be other universes out there is really one that stretches the mind in a great way.

We might be the holographic image of a two-dimensional structure.

Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.

The number of e-mails and letters that I get from choreographers, from sculptors, from composers who are being inspired by science is huge.

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

A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.