Approximation Quote by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our…

— Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

“As scientists would discover after Einstein’s death, Schwarzschild’s odd theory was right. Stars could collapse and create such a phenomenon, and in fact they…

— Walter Isaacson

Black holes provide theoreticians with an important theoretical laboratory to test ideas. Conditions within a black hole are so extreme, that by analyzing aspects…

— Brian Greene

“Certain macroscopic objects directly display quantum mechanical effects. Superconductors and neutron stars-the latter behaving like atomic nuclei with a six-mile diameter-are macroscopic objects that…

— Henning Genz

A black hole really is an object with very rich structure, just like Earth has a rich structure of mountains, valleys, oceans, and so…

— Kip Thorne

Black holes are enigmatic astronomical objects, areas where the gravity is so immense that it has warped spacetime so that not even light can…

— Priyamvada Natarajan

“At first, one might think that something like thermodynamics is a rather restrictive concept because it concerns itself with temperature and heat. But its…

— John D. Barrow

Science has revealed a universe that is vast, ancient, violent, strange, and beautiful, a universe of almost infinite variety and possibility one in which…

— Leonard Mlodinow

What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space.

— Erwin Schrodinger

It's the gravity that shapes the large scale structure of the universe, even though it is the weakest of four categories of forces

— Stephen Hawking

A lot of the things you see in science fiction revolve around black holes because black holes are strong enough to rip the fabric…

— Michio Kaku

“General relativity has a problem with infinities because inside a black hole the density of matter and the strength of the gravitational field quickly…

— Lee Smolin