Edward Witten – 3 Quotes

3 Quotes by Edward Witten

But the beauty of Einstein’s equations, for example, is just as real to anyone who’s experienced it as the beauty of music. We’ve learned in the 20th century that the equations that work have inner harmony.

– Edward Witten

One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty.

– Edward Witten

As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So in physics, lots of the basic building blocks take 20th- or perhaps 21st-century equipment to explore.

– Edward Witten