Have you ever heard of the theory of relativity?" Artemis blinked. "Is this a joke? I have traveled through time, Doctor. I… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“Is numerical equality (forced by the use of specific physical units) the same as conceptual equality? Of course NOT!” — Felix Alba-Juez Copy Share Image
When asked what single event was most helpful in developing the Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein replied, "Figuring out how to think… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
On quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Relativity is inherently convergent, though convergent toward a plurality of centers of abstract truths. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
In Einstein's theory of relativity the observer is a man who sets out in quest of truth armed with a measuring-rod. In… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Einstein's theory of relativity does a fantastic job for explaining big things. Quantum mechanics is fantastic for the other end of the… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
“I wish there was some personal marker of time, so we didn't have to rely upon days and weeks and months and… — Andrea Cremer Copy Share Image
If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The revolution which began with the creation of quantum theory and relativity theory can only be finished with their unification into a… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“All space is relative. There is no such thing as size. The telescope and the microscope have produced a deadly leveling of… — David H. Keller Copy Share Image
By the time 1967 had rolled around, general relativity had been relegated to mathematics departments... in most people's minds, it bore no… — Rainer Weiss Copy Share Image
The modern physicist is a quantum theorist on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and a student of gravitational relativity on Tuesday, Thursday, and… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
More philosophically-minded critics regarded Einstein's argument for relativity as little more than a logical bait-and-switch ploy: "[T]he supposition of most expounders of… — Arthur Oncken Lovejoy Copy Share Image
At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“When the noise died down, she could lose herself in mathematics—in attempts to combine quantum mechanics with the theory of relativity—and forget… — David Lagercrantz Copy Share Image
General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squeezes matter to infinite density. — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“Isn’t it strange how a lamb can feel like a lion when comparing itself to a mouse, whereas a lion feels like… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Formerly, people thought that if matter disappeared from the universe, space and time would remain. Relativity declares that space and time would… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“A mathematician tells you that the wall of warped space prevents the Moon from flying out of its orbit yet can't tell… — Bill Gaede Copy Share Image
I claim that relativity and the rest of modern physics is not complicated. It can be explained very simply. It is only… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
The real reason why general relativity is widely accepted is because it made predictions that were borne out by experimental observations. — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Albert Einstein once said, “Sit with a beautiful woman for an hour and it seems like a minute, sit on a hot… — Richard Wiseman Copy Share Image
What you can show using physics, forces this universe to continue to exist. As long as you're using general relativity and quantum… — Frank Tipler Copy Share Image
“If Relativity Theory kills our deepest convictions, why not start by finding out why we believed in them for millennia?” — Felix Alba-Juez Copy Share Image
Relativity can, for instance, explain that the universe had once been clumped into a dense fireball. But it can never explain how… — Alan Guth Copy Share Image
There are periods in life when you get caught up in the whole field of relativity and lose your moorings with the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour; Sit with a pretty girl for… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
White lines in movement symbolize a unifying idea which flows through the compartmented units of life bringing the consciousness of a larger… — Mark Tobey Copy Share Image
“Each of us has our own unit of measurement, our own relativity. Spaces between loves. Spaces between destinations. Spaces between deaths.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The rotating armatures of every generator and motor in this age of electricity are steadily proclaiming the truth of the relativity theory… — Leigh Page Copy Share Image
In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
Every great artist raises art to a science, and every great scientist raises science to an art, hence we have Michelangelo's David… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Evolution is among the most well-established theories in the scientific community. To doubt it sounds to biologists as absurd as denying relativity… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image