A view had gained ground among the reform-minded in Iran that a literate public was the key to a prosperous country, and that learning and the printed word could bring about progress.
Maybe what really matters is not whether a nuclear weapon really works but whether we believe it does.
Hugh Gusterson in How Do You Know a Nuclear Weapon Works if You Can’t Test It?
Does Hilbert’s hotel (a hotel with infinitely many rooms) ever fail to accommodate new guests? Is there an infinity that is too large for Hilbert’s hotel?
Ana Rita Pires in Hospitality at the Hilbert Hotel
General Relativity is half of the picture, and to my taste the more beautiful half.
Professor Freeman Dyson in A Toast to Einstein
