It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not Saul Perlmutter More Quotes by Saul Perlmutter More Quotes From Saul Perlmutter Your job as a scientist is to figure out how you're fooling yourself. Saul Perlmutter scientist figures jobs There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled. Saul Perlmutter answers feels looks It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community Saul Perlmutter opportunity fun people Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators Saul Perlmutter astronomers able fundamentals I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us Saul Perlmutter should kids world You want your mind to be boggled. That is a pleasure in and of itself. And it's more a pleasure if it's boggled by something that you can then demonstrate is really, really true Saul Perlmutter pleasure mind want From our point of view, the most exciting thing would be if we discovered something really fundamental in our understanding was just off a bit - and that now we have a chance to revisit it Saul Perlmutter understanding would-be views So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising Saul Perlmutter understanding littles world I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement that everyone can look forward to is getting the perfect parking spot Saul Perlmutter growing-up cities kids Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call Saul Perlmutter nobel-prize prize nobel We have a remarkably complete picture in many ways - and it could be that we're not accounting for something that's almost three-quarters of the entire universe Saul Perlmutter quarters three way It's interesting to wake up at 3 in the morning by someone saying they're a reporter and they want to know how you feel. I felt fine, but I said, 'Well, why do you ask?' Saul Perlmutter wake-up morning interesting If you ask almost any of them, do you stand behind your theory, is this the answer, I think they would almost every one say that no, no, no, I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities. We really don't know what is going on. Saul Perlmutter answers trying thinking You might expect gravity would slow it down, but it's just expanding faster and faster Saul Perlmutter gravity faster might Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus. Saul Perlmutter space important people It is a tough choice between ending up in the cold or ending up in a fiery blast. Saul Perlmutter cold tough choices As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community. Saul Perlmutter community team country If you're puzzled by what dark energy is, you're in good company. Saul Perlmutter good you energy dark What we were seeing was a little bit like throwing the apple up in the air and seeing it blast off into space. Saul Perlmutter apple like seeing space For almost a century, the Universe has been known to be expanding as a consequence of the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago. However, the discovery that this expansion is accelerating is astounding. If the expansion will continue to speed up, the Universe will end in ice. Saul Perlmutter end will speed universe
