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> [“if the Sun disappeared instantaneously, the Earth would continue to orbit the position of the Sun for seven minutes until the bad news reached us in the form of gravitational waves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/if-the-sun-disappeared-instantaneously-the-earth-would-continue-to/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

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## Other authors on Gravitational Waves

## More by Andrew Thomas

> [Our success as consultants will depend upon the essential rightness of the advice we give and our capacity for convincing those in authority that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/our-success-as-consultants-will-depend-upon-the-essential-rightness/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/i-promise-before-god-and-my-community-to-seek-reforms-so-that-the/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“Imagine you throw a rock in the sea off the coast of the United Kingdom. After the initial big splash, the ripples dissipate and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/imagine-you-throw-a-rock-in-the-sea-off-the-coast-of-the-united/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“each elementary particle is paired with a superpartner particle. However, the LHC has not detected any of these predicted”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/each-elementary-particle-is-paired-with-a-superpartner-particle/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“many experiments which intrigued him. He was particularly interested in the properties of light. By using a spinning colour”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/many-experiments-which-intrigued-him-he-was-particularly-interested/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“If we forget to give our measurements in units, or if we are not in agreement over which units we have both used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/if-we-forget-to-give-our-measurements-in-units-or-if-we-are-not-in/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/that-s-the-whole-point-of-of-prosecutorial-discretion-in-the-judicial/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“According to Carl Sagan: "Maxwell's equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/according-to-carl-sagan-maxwell-s-equations-have-had-a-greater-impact/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [Today, corruption has won and justice has lost. I brought corruption cases in good faith involving powerful people, and the political and legal establishment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/today-corruption-has-won-and-justice-has-lost-i-brought-corruption/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“In fact, if you have a very large volume of mass at constant density, then it is guaranteed to become a black hole if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/in-fact-if-you-have-a-very-large-volume-of-mass-at-constant-density/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“However, Galileo got into trouble when he turned his telescope toward a wider horizon. The discovery of the four moons orbiting Jupiter — Io,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/however-galileo-got-into-trouble-when-he-turned-his-telescope-toward/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [Ideas that are at odds with the inherited collective wisdom of antiquity are always, on their face suspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/ideas-that-are-at-odds-with-the-inherited-collective-wisdom-of/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [A consultant to be worth his salt must give honest judgments not necessarily those which he thinks the clients would like to hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/a-consultant-to-be-worth-his-salt-must-give-honest-judgments-not/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“A time dimension is required so that energy is possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/a-time-dimension-is-required-so-that-energy-is-possible/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

> [“So in the MWI, the problematic quantum jump is just transferred from the object under observation to the measurement apparatus. The MWI shuffles the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-thomas/so-in-the-mwi-the-problematic-quantum-jump-is-just-transferred-from/)

[Andrew Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-thomas/)

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