No one knows who wrote the laws of physics or where they come from. Science is based on testable, reproducible evidence, and so far we cannot test... →
Michio Kaku
Science is definitely part of America's infrastructure, the engine of prosperity. And yet science is given almost no visibility in the media.
Science fiction without the science just becomes, you know, sword and sorcery, basically stories about heroism and not much more.
You cannot create new science unless you realize where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces us to confront... →
Anything that promotes a kernel of science, even though it's exaggerated and hyped by Hollywood, I think is a step forward. We in the ivory tower... →
I am a futurist, projecting trends in science into the next decades and century, but ironically my two daughters - one is a neuroscientist and the... →
I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I would have liked... →
Physics is often stranger than science fiction, and I think science fiction takes its cues from physics: higher dimensions, wormholes, the warping of... →
We physicists don't like to admit it, but some of us are closet science fiction fans. We hate to admit it because it sounds undignified. But when... →
So often, science fiction helps to get young people interested in science. That's why I don't mind talking about science fiction. It has a... →