“The infinite zero of a black hole-mass crammed into zero space, curving space infinitely-punches a hole in the smooth rubber sheet. The… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
[Max Planck] was one of the finest people I have ever known... but he really didn't understand physics, [because] during the eclipse… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“The unsolved problems of the physical world now seem even more formidable than those solved in the twentieth century. Though in application… — Gerald Holton Copy Share Image
“General relativity has a problem with infinities because inside a black hole the density of matter and the strength of the gravitational… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“It sometimes happens that mathematical methods conceived in the abstract turn out later to be so well suited to a particular application… — Basil Mahon Copy Share Image
“Most kinds of matter are under pressure, but the dark energy is under tension-that is, it pulls things together rather than pushes… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image