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General Relativity Quotes

Where physics meets bigger questions.

General relativity quotes here go beyond textbook physics into how Einstein's theory intersects with quantum mechanics, faith, and even interstellar travel through wormholes. It's a natural extension of Believe quotes.

Einstein was searching for String Theory. It not only reconciles General Relativity to Quantum Mechanics, but it reconciles Science and the Bible as well.

Quotes by Roy H. Williams

Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity are both accepted as scientific fact even though they're mutually exclusive. Albert Einstein spent the second half of his life searching for a unifying truth that would reconcile the two.

Quotes by Roy H. Williams

By the time 1967 had rolled around, general relativity had been relegated to mathematics departments... in most people's minds, it bore no relation to physics. And that was mostly because experiments to prove it were so hard to do -...

Quotes by Rainer Weiss

Most of what Einstein said and did has no direct impact on what anybody reads in the Bible. Special relativity, his work in quantum mechanics, nobody even knows or cares. Where Einstein really affects the Bible is the fact that...

Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Believe Quotes

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 that warping and how they change.

Quotes by Kip Thorne

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 of general relativity by itself would permit you to go backward in time.

Quotes by Kip Thorne

What you can show using physics, forces this universe to continue to exist. As long as you're using general relativity and quantum mechanics you are forced to conclude that God exists.

Quotes by Frank Tipler

In Einstein's general relativity the structure of space can change but not its topology. Topology is the property of something that doesn't change when you bend it or stretch it as long as you don't break anything.

Quotes by Edward Witten

String theory is the most developed theory with the capacity to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics in a consistent manner. I do believe the universe is consistent, and therefore I do believe that general relativity and quantum mechanics should...

Quotes by Brian Greene

Bible Quotes

When general relativity was first put forward in 1915, the math was very unfamiliar to most physicists. Now we teach general relativity to advanced high school students.

Quotes by Brian Greene

The star S0-2 orbits around Sgr A* every 16 years and will go through its closest approach in 2018. That's an opportunity to test Einstein's General Relativity theory through very precise measurements of this star's short period orbit.

Quotes by Andrea M. Ghez

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the focus of these general relativity quotes?
These quotes go beyond textbook physics to explore how Einstein's theory intersects with quantum mechanics, religious belief, and even the idea of wormholes for interstellar travel.
Why do people search for quotes about general relativity?
General relativity is a famously hard concept, so people often look for quotes that explain its significance in plain terms or connect it to bigger philosophical questions.
Do any quotes here connect physics to religion?
Yes, a couple of sample quotes explicitly discuss reconciling Einstein's science with the Bible, treating the two as compatible rather than in conflict.
Is there a quote about practical applications of the theory?
One quote discusses using general relativity to theoretically build wormholes for interstellar travel, showing how the theory extends into speculative but serious scientific territory.
What related topics can I explore next?
For the faith side of this discussion, see Believe quotes and Bible quotes; for more on scientific ideas evolving over time, try Change quotes.

Several quotes specifically weigh science against scripture, treating the two as reconcilable rather than opposed. See Bible quotes and Change quotes for related discussion.