Edward Witten Quote

It was clear that if I didn't spend the rest of my life concentrating on string theory, I would simply be missing my life's calling.


as quoted by John Horgan, The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age (1996)


It was clear that if I didn't spend the rest of my life concentrating on string theory, I would simply be missing my life's calling.

It was clear that if I didn't spend the rest of my life concentrating on string theory, I would simply be missing my life's calling.

It was clear that if I didn't spend the rest of my life concentrating on string theory, I would simply be missing my life's calling.

It was clear that if I didn't spend the rest of my life concentrating on string theory, I would simply be missing my life's calling.