1.   And from the unpredictable quantum fluctuations of subatomic particles emerges the crystalline scaffolding of atoms and molecules.

2.   All the quantum fluctuations in the universe will not change the cards in your hand.

3.   Could the whole universe likewise be the result of a quantum fluctuation in some sort of primordial or eternal nothingness?

4.   In droll and bemused songs, Stephenson inquires into the nature of reality, from waking dreams to quantum fluctuations.

5.   Since that radiation is produced by unpredictable quantum fluctuations, he pointed out, if you wait long enough anything can appear in it, even a new universe.

6.   Such quantum fluctuations during the big bang are now thought to be the origin of galaxies.

7.   Without quantum fluctuations to roil the unholy smoothness of the big bang, there would be no galaxies, stars or friendly warm planets.