Book Quote by Paul Laffoley

My father would conclude his dissertations by saying, "Of course, [Albert] Einstein never believed in gravity. It was a distortion of space." And so…

— Paul Laffoley

Walter C. Wright has a more cogent presentation than my father did about [gravity] being a push. But he had the same basic belief,…

— Paul Laffoley

I always found it satisfying that gravity was described by Einstein's geometric theory of general relativity.

— Antony Garrett Lisi

Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.

— Chaim Weizmann

Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Now, at the outset of the twenty-first century, we stand on the verge of a new revolution. The search for a deeper theory than…

— Marcus Chown

Einstein wrestled with a problem back before we even knew the universe was expanding, and he was looking for a way to keep the…

— Adam Riess

Stephen Hawking won [Babson Institute competition ] one year with his black hole stuff. It's keeping an open mind on whether gravity exists or…

— Paul Laffoley

“People in love -with nurturing, attentive non-movie-star parents- they would never invent gravity. Nothing except deep misery leads to real success.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

Experimentally, we now have demonstrated that Einstein's theory is right in strong gravitational fields. That's important to a lot of people.

— Rainer Weiss

Einstein's gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational phenomena with the…

— Richard P. Feynman

“It is no valid objection that science as yet throws no light on the far higher problem of the essence or origin of life.…

— Charles Darwin