A musical, like most religions, provides the audience or followers with a sense of belonging. Religious services, on the other hand, with their staged performances, invigorating songs, popular wisdom and shared experience, are almost a form of community theater. Lisa Randall audiencebelongcommunity share on social
When you're reaching out to people beyond the scientific community, image does matter. Lisa Randall communityimagematter Change image and share on social
There can sometimes be this fear among laypeople: 'I don't understand everything in science perfectly, so I just can't say anything about it.' I think it's good to know that we scientists are also confused some of the time. Lisa Randall confusefeargood share on social
You learn that the interest is in what you don't yet know and that theories evolve. But we nonetheless have progress and improved knowledge over time. Lisa Randall evolveimproveinterest Change image and share on social
The best science frequently combines an awareness of broad and significant problems with focus on an apparently small issue or detail that someone very much wants to solve or understand. Sometimes these little problems or inconsistencies turn out to be the clues to big advances. Lisa Randall advanceapparentlyawareness share on social
When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective. Lisa Randall answermathproblem Change image and share on social
You have principles. You test them as accurately as you can. Eventually, they might break down. Lisa Randall accuratelybreakeventually Change image and share on social
The standard model of particle physics describes forces and particles very well, but when you throw gravity into the equation, it all falls apart. You have to fudge the figures to make it work. Lisa Randall describeequationfall Change image and share on social
In the history of physics, every time we've looked beyond the scales and energies we were familiar with, we've found things that we wouldn't have thought were there. You look inside the atom, and eventually you discover quarks. Who would have thought that? Lisa Randall atomdiscoverenergy share on social
Most physicists like myself won't believe the result until every possible caveat has been investigated and/or the result is confirmed elsewhere. Lisa Randall caveatconfirminvestigate Change image and share on social
