Nature Quote by Albert Einstein

However we select from nature a complex [of phenomena] using the criterion of simplicity, in no case will its theoretical treatment turn out to…

— Albert Einstein

It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very…

— Talcott Parsons

What makes the theory of relativity so acceptable to physicists in spite of its going against the principle of simplicity is its great mathematical…

— Paul Dirac

It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.

— Michael Moorcock

At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential ingredients of a comprehensive theory…

— Val Logsdon Fitch

“Besides the argument based on the unity of nature, there are problems specific to each theory that call for unification with the other. Each…

— Lee Smolin

“Simpler theories may be more convenient to work with, but they are not intrinsically more probable than complex ones.”

— Samir Okasha

I can accept the theory of relativity as little as I can accept the existence of atoms and other such dogmas.

— Ernst Mach

I am not enough of a mathematician to be able to judge either the well-foundedness or the limits of relativity in physics.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

No matter how we may single out a complex from nature...its theoretical treatment will never prove to be ultimately conclusive... I believe that this…

— Albert Einstein

Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.

— Albert Einstein

“General Theory of Relativity.”

— Lee Vickers