Man - life in general - seems irrelevant to the workings of the universe: a mere smudge of water, grease, and carbon on a pinpoint planet circling a star of no special consequence. Leonard Susskind carboncircleconsequence Change image and share on social
Physics is perceived as a lonesome, nerdy kind of enterprise that has very little to do with human feelings and the things that excite people day-to-day about each other. Yet physicists in their own working environment are very social creatures. Leonard Susskind creaturedayenterprise share on social
I went to college because my father thought that I should learn engineering, because he wanted to go into the heating business with me. There, I realized I wanted to be a physicist. I had to tell him, which was a somewhat traumatic experience. Leonard Susskind businesscollegeengineer share on social
The most important single thing about string theory is that it's a highly mathematical theory, and the mathematics holds together in a very tight and consistent way. It contains in its basic structure both quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity. That's big news. Leonard Susskind basicbigconsistent share on social
A lot of my research time is spent daydreaming - telling an imaginary admiring audience of laymen how to understand some difficult scientific idea. Leonard Susskind admireaudiencedaydream Change image and share on social
Eventually, when the universe expands enough, all that will be left is the dark energy. Leonard Susskind darkenergyeventually Change image and share on social
Science to me is sufficiently weird and interesting, and stranger than fiction. Leonard Susskind fictioninterestscience Change image and share on social
You have to say now that space is something. Space can vibrate, space can fluctuate, space can be quantum mechanical, but what the devil is it? Leonard Susskind devilfluctuatemechanical Change image and share on social
Whether or not evolution is compatible with faith, science and religion represent two extremely different worldviews, which, if they coexist at all, do so most uncomfortably. Leonard Susskind coexistcompatibleevolution Change image and share on social
I'm afraid I am a bit of a technophobe - a nineteenth-century man caught in the twenty-first century. But there is one piece of technology that I would especially welcome: a device to automatically balance restaurant tables on all four legs so that they don't rock back and forth. Leonard Susskind afraidautomaticallyback share on social
