Ashoke Sen Quotes

I thought I should study physics because it's fundamental to all science.

I'm very interested in science.

I have emphasized experiments more than theory. Of course, we need some theory when thinking of soft matter.

Science is organized knowledge.

Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.

The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.

Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.

Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.

I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature.

Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being able to do the science.

From an early age, I knew I would become a scientist. It may have been my brother Sam's doing. He interested me in the laws of falling bodies when I was ten and helped my father equip a basement chemistry lab for me when I was fifteen. I became skilled in the synthesis of selenium halides.

Physics is not a religion. If it were, we’d have a much easier time raising money.

I am never satisfied until I can make a mathematical model of what I am studying. If I succeed in making one, I understand. If I cannot, I do not understand.

There are so many aspects to science that I couldn't give up - the rigor, the discoveries, the teaching. The impact that science has on the world around us is something I'm enthralled with. I don't think anyone could ever take that out of me.

Science is fun, and it's fundamental.

Women study things in order to figure out how they're connected to other things. I don't know if it's controversial to say that, but that's what I've seen from doing science for a couple of decades.

I always looked at myself as a physicist learning new tricks by looking at nature.

Science demands patience.

Mostly, research is much more fun than the actual writing.

There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a chore.

Physics is a hobby of mine, as much as a person of limited intelligence can understand physics.

Science by itself is about numbers, and it's about measuring things. It's very important but it's very dry.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist.

I love to be a scientist. I've always enjoyed being curious.