I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly – or ever – gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of...

Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent.

…quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance.

We all love a good story. We all love a tantalizing mystery. We all love the underdog pressing onward against seemingly insurmountable odds. We all, in one form or another, are trying to make sense...

… things are the way they are in our universe because if they Weren’t, we would not be here to notice.

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

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...

Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding…

…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics.

Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored.

…things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren’t, we wouldn’t be here to notice.

Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.

For we convinced physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.”5