21 Quotes by Ashoke Sen

Throughout my work, I have assumed that the standard model is correct, and hence, the Higgs boson should be found. Although this is not directly connected to string theory, the discovery of the Higgs boson demonstrated the power of theoretical reasoning.

One of the main successes of string theory is that it has been able to unify the general theory of relativity, which describes gravity, and quantum mechanics.

My work indicated that if we consider smaller and smaller black holes, at some stage, the properties of black holes become indistinguishable from those of elementary particles.

Indian science has a bright future.

One of the questions that always puzzled human history is, what are we, and everything around us, made of.

There are no excuses for theoretical physicists not to perform and deliver.

My work on symmetries of string theory is on what is known as strong-weak coupling duality, or S-duality.

Good teachers have joined Presidency from different parts of the country and even abroad. We have got idealistic teachers, and we are relying on their idealism. But state universities pay their teachers less than the central ones. If salary is not on a par with central institutes, teachers would tend to leave for those places.

The beauty of science is to imagine more than we can prove. And string theory gives you a radically different interpretation of the universe.