In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle.
Stephen HawkingIt would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us.
Stephen HawkingBut a machine that was powerful enough to accelerate particles to the grand unification energy would have to be as big as the Solar System - and would be unlikely to be funded in the present economic climate.
Stephen Hawking