The Quantum Universe has a quotation from me in every chapter - but it's a damn good book anyway.

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

So, ultimately, in order to understand nature it may be necessary to have a deeper understanding of mathematical relationships. But the real reason is that the subject is enjoyable, and although we humans cut nature up in different ways, and we have different courses in different departments, such compartmentaliz ation is really artificial, and we should take our intellectual pleasures where we find them.

It is simple, therefore it is beautiful

If we want to solve a problem that we have never solved before, we must leave the door to the unknown ajar.

The beauty that is there is also available for me, too. But I see a deeper beauty that isn't so readily available to others.... I don't see how studying a flower ever detracts from its beauty. It only adds

But the real glory of science is that we can find a way of thinking such that the law is evident.