4 Quotes & Sayings By Charles Sheffield

Charles Sheffield is an internationally renowned mathematician and the author of the internationally acclaimed "The Elegant Universe" and "Relativity: The Special and General Theory." He has been a professor at Stanford University since 1967, where he continues to teach and conduct research. Professor Sheffield is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Academia Europaea.

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Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I'll feel right at home. Charles Sheffield
Remember, an easy question can have an easy answer. But...
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Remember, an easy question can have an easy answer. But a hard question must have a hard answer. And for the hardest questions of all, there may be no answer - except faith. Charles Sheffield
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I'm getting old, thought Eileen Calder. Old and worn out and cynical. And being cynical is a lot worse than being old or worn out. Charles Sheffield