What makes me different as a scientist is that I'm kind of imaginative. The ideas just happen. Lisa Randall happenideaimaginative Change image and share on social
I think simplicity is a good guide: The more economical a theory, the better. Lisa Randall economicalgoodguide Change image and share on social
There is real confusion about what it means to be right and wrong - the difference between what spiritual beliefs are and what science is. Lisa Randall beliefconfusiondifference Change image and share on social
Creativity is essential to particle physics, cosmology, and to mathematics, and to other fields of science, just as it is to its more widely acknowledged beneficiaries - the arts and humanities. Lisa Randall acknowledgeartbeneficiary Change image and share on social
The scientist is also a composer... You could think of science as discovering one particular thing - a supernova or whatever. You could also think of it as discovering this whole new way of seeing the world. Lisa Randall composerdiscoverscience share on social
I don't think about a theory of everything when I do my research. And even if we knew the ultimate underlying theory, how are you going to explain the fact that we're sitting here? Solving string theory won't tell us how humanity was born. Lisa Randall bearexplainfact share on social
Scientific experiments are expensive, and people are entitled to know about them if they want to. I think it is very difficult to convey ideas. Lisa Randall conveydifficultentitle Change image and share on social
You can be only a modest distance away from the gravity brane, and gravity will be incredibly weak. Lisa Randall branedistancegravity Change image and share on social
There could be more to the universe than the three dimensions we are familiar with. They are hidden from us in some way, perhaps because they're tiny or warped. But even if they're invisible, they could affect what we actually observe in the universe. Lisa Randall affectdimensionfamiliar share on social
We live in a world where there are many risks, and it's high time we start taking seriously which ones we should be worried about. Lisa Randall highliverisk Change image and share on social