A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing

by Lawrence Krauss

In fact, there may be no fundamental theory at all. Although I became a physicist because I hoped that there was such a theory, and because I hoped that I might one day help contribute to discovering it, this hope may be misplaced, as I have already lamented. I take solace in the statement by Richard Feynman, which I summarized briefly before, but want to present in its entirety here: People say to me, “Are you looking for the ultimate laws of physics?” No, I’m not. I’m just looking to find out more about the world, and if it turns out there is a simple ultimate law that explains everything, so be it. That would be very nice to discover. If it turns out it’s like an onion with millions of layers, and we’re sick and tired of looking at layers, then that’s the way it is . . . My interest in science is to simply find out more about the world, and the more I find out, the better it is. I like to find out.