Dan Hooper > Quotes

“Without time, nothing happens. Without space, nothing is.”
― Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds

“Without time and space, nothing can change, and without change, it is hard to imagine any reality worth imagining.”
― Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds

“Despite the great deal of interest and speculation that the origin of our Universe has generated, science had little to say about in before a hundred or so years ago.”
― Dan Hooper, Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy

“There is perhaps no topic more widely discussed among theologians, philosophers and scientists of nearly all times and all cultures than the origin of the Universe.”
― Dan Hooper, Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy

“For many thousands of years, human beings have wondered and asked questions about the distant past and the remote future of our world. The fact that we continue to ask such questions does not distinguish us from our ancient ancestors. What does make us different is that for the first time in history we, as a species, are capable of producing real and credible answers to these questions. We are among the first to be witness of the Big Bang.”
― Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds

“Unlike people from any other time in history, we know what we are looking at when we look up upon the night sky.”
― Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds

“That is the thing about infinity: it takes things that are otherwise very unlikely and makes them all inevitable.”
― Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds