Civilization as we know it will come to an end sometime in this century unless we can find a way to live without fossil fuels.

- David Goodstein

Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906 by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died…

- David Goodstein

No matter what else happens, this is the century in which we must learn to live without fossil fuel.

- David Goodstein

The world will soon start to run out of conventionally produced, cheap oil…. We [will] start to run out of all fossil fuels by the end of this centur…

- David Goodstein

The key to teaching anything is to remember what it was like not to understand that thing. That's a very hard thing to do. Every time you come to und…

- David Goodstein