Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.
In plain words
He found equations dull and preferred to picture things as shapes.
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- 65% sureLots of sources credit Stephen Hawking with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Quoted in Kristine Larsen's scholarly biography Stephen Hawking: A Biography (2005), p.43; published in his lifetime but original interview source unconfirmed.
- Stephen Hawking: A Biography (Kristine Larsen)
- 2005 · Cambridge · Discussing his visual/geometric approach to physics
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