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Relativity Quotes by Kip Thorne
- We have to have a combination of general relativity that describes the warping of space and time, and quantum physics, which describes the uncertainties in…
- I became interested in this question of whether you can build wormholes for interstellar travel. I realized that if you had a wormhole, the theory…
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
- String theory?[pause] It closed the conceptual gulp between relativity and quantum mechanics. It postulates that subatomic particles are not points, but strings,… — Willie Garson
- 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
- Theoretical physicists accept the need for mathematical beauty as an act of faith... For example, the main reason why the theory of… — Paul Dirac
- 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
- The supposed astronomical proofs of the theory [of relativity], as cited and claimed by Einstein, do not exist. He is a confusionist.… — Charles Lane Poor