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Relativity Quotes by Albert Einstein
- By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, today in Germany I am called a German man of science, and…
- Relativity is a purely scientific matter and has nothing to do with religion.
- When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter.
- Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.
- At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct.
- I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that…
- In my relativity theory I set up a clock at every point in space, but in reality I find it difficult to provide even one…
- Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they confused me.
- Relativity teaches us the connection between the different descriptions of one and the same reality.
- It followed from the special theory of relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing.
- Some men spend a lifetime in an attempt to comprehend the complexities of women. Others pre-occupy themselves with somewhat simpler tasks, such as understanding the…
- What lead me more or less directly to the special theory of relativity was the conviction that the electromotive force acting on a body in…
- Thanks to my fortunate idea of introducing the relativity principle into physics, you (and others) now enormously overrate my scientific abilities, to the point where…
- When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an…
- Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.
- If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world.…
- Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a…
- When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes,…
- Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.
- I believe my theory of relativity to be true. But it will only be proved for certain in 1981, when I am dead.
More Relativity Quotes
- In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not… — David Bohm
- It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright… — James C. Collins
- A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and… — Kurt Vonnegut
- Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. — Douglas Adams
- It is only when science asks why, instead of simply describing how, that it becomes more than technology. When it asks why,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
- I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge… — Max Born
- By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, today in Germany I am called a German man… — Albert Einstein
- Theoretical physicists accept the need for mathematical beauty as an act of faith... For example, the main reason why the theory of… — Paul Dirac