"Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells……" — John Archibald Wheeler
"Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve."
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20 Quotes by John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler has 20 quotes on this site.
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If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
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The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.
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We will first understand how simple the universe is when we recognize how strange it is.
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There are many modes of thinking about the world around us and our place in it. I like to consider…
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To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love.…
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It from Bit symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom an immaterial source and…
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We all know that the real reason universities have students is in order to educate the professors.
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I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am…
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One can only learn by teaching.
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I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and…
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In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.
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We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the…
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More Curve Quotes
This quote is filed under Curve Quotes,
one of 307 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a…
— Ben Affleck
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If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying…
— Sparky Anderson
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A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of problems.
— Ana Ivanovic
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In doing your best serving others for free, a lot of eyebrows will raise and sneers will curve many a…
— Mother Teresa
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The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing…
— Robert Aris Willmott
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The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of…
— Gustave Eiffel
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As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
— Bertolt Brecht
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The scientist knows very well that he is approaching ultimate truth only in an asymptotic curve and is barred from…
— Konrad Lorenz
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When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.
— Oscar Niemeyer
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Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and…
— Judith Wright
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Straight lines don't exist in the human form and are extremely rare in nature, so the human touch in the…
— Marissa Mayer
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The test of a round character is whether it is capable of surprising in a convincing way. If it never…
— E. M. Forster
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