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I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.

Cosmology is a rapidly advancing field.

General relativity is the cornerstone of cosmology and astrophysics. It has also provided the conceptual basis for string theory and other attempts to unify all the forces of nature in terms of geometrical structures.

Another feature that everybody notices about the universe is that it's complex.

Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.

We are discovering what the universe is really like, and it is totally magnificent, and one can only be inspired and awestruck by what we find.

I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect.

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

I wouldn't say that 'The Fabric of the Cosmos' is a book on cosmology. Cosmology certainly plays a big part, but the major theme is our ever-evolving understanding of space and time, and what it all means for our sense of reality.

Some people take the view that the universe is simply there, and it runs along - it's a bit as though it just sort of computes, and we happen by accident to find ourselves in this thing. I don't think that's a very fruitful or helpful way of looking at the universe.