The World According to Physics

by Jim Al-Khalili

scientific progress is inexorable, which, by the way, is always a good thing: knowledge and enlightenment are always better than ignorance.

The fact that we can learn about the ingredients of the universe just by studying the light that reaches us from space is one of the most beautiful notions in science.

Scientific progress depends on scientists’ unwavering commitment to the qualities of honesty and doubt.