Equations Quote by Albert Einstein

What lead me more or less directly to the special theory of relativity was the conviction that the electromotive force acting on a body…

— Albert Einstein

Maxwell's theory is Maxwell's system of equations.

— Heinrich Hertz

“Einstein solved the puzzle by playing the same great trick that Newton and Galileo had originally played to establish the relativity of motion. He…

— Lee Smolin

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.

— Albert Einstein

And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory.…

— Douglas Sirk

“General Theory of Relativity.”

— Lee Vickers

Einstein's relativity work is a magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a…

— Nikola Tesla

The field equations and the whole history of general relativity have been complicated.

— Rainer Weiss

The theory I propose may therefore be called a theory of the Electromagnetic Field because it has to do with the space in the…

— James Clerk Maxwell

“Impressed by the success of high-level mathematics in the formulation of the general theory of relativity in 1915, we find that Einstein's life-long quest…

— John D. Barrow

Maxwell is the physicist's physicist.

— Stephen Hawking

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

— Albert Einstein