Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time (Great Discoveries Book 0)

by Michio Kaku

“All physical theories, their mathematical expression notwithstanding, ought to lend themselves to so simple a description that even a child could understand.”

Nature, however, does not care about our common sense, but created a universe based on subatomic particles that routinely go near the speed of light and obey Planck’s formula.

superfluous erudition.”

The more beautiful an equation is, the more symmetry it possesses, and the more phenomena it can explain in the shortest amount of space.

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

Beauty is the first test. There is no permanent place for ugly mathematics.”

It is, however, like being in an airship in which one can cruise around in the clouds but cannot see clearly how one can return to reality, i.e. to earth.”

“The creative principle resides in mathematics. In a certain sense, therefore, I hold it true that pure thought can grasp reality, as the ancients dreamed.”