Quotes by Physicists

A black hole really is an object with very rich structure, just like Earth has a rich structure of mountains, valleys, oceans, and so forth. Its warped space whirls around the central singularity like air in a tornado. Kip Thorne
Space Black Mountains Rich Air Valleys Earth Tornado Black Hole Object Structure Like Around Oceans Singularity Very Just Hole Central Forth Really Warped
Sending people into space is very important culturally. That's really the justification. You cannot rationally justify it on the basis of the science and technology we get out of it. Kip Thorne
You Technology Science People Space Important Science And Technology Out Rationally Very Get Sending Cannot Justification Justify Really Basis
I'm a real klutz computationally, so Mathematica is just ideal for me. Kip Thorne
Me Ideal Real Just
The essential point is that, although coordinates are a powerful, and sometimes essential, tool in many calculations, the fundamental laws of physics can be expressed without the aid of coordinates; and, indeed, their coordinate-free expressions are generally elegant and exceedingly powerful. Kip Thorne
Physics Sometimes Aid Tool Indeed Laws Exceedingly Point Generally Powerful Calculations Although Without Essential Many Elegant Expressed Coordinate Fundamental Expressions Fundamental Laws
'Closed timelike curve' is the jargon for time travel. It means you go out, come back and meet yourself in the past. Kip Thorne
Time You Travel Yourself Past Closed Meet Back Out Come Go Time Travel In The Past Curve Jargon Means
Gravitational waves will bring us exquisitely accurate maps of black holes - maps of their space-time. Those maps will make it crystal clear whether or not what we're dealing with are black holes as described by general relativity. Kip Thorne
Will Black Waves Relativity Those Black Holes General General Relativity Clear Crystal Make Dealing Accurate Whether Holes Us Maps Exquisitely Gravitational Bring
When gravitational waves reach the earth, the waves stretch and squeeze space. This is a tiny stretch and squeeze. Far too small to detect with ordinary human senses. Kip Thorne
Space Too Waves Earth Detect Small Reach Squeeze Human Tiny Senses Ordinary Far Gravitational Stretch
As early as I can remember, I wanted to be a snowplow driver. When you grow up in the Rocky Mountains, like I did, you see the snow drifts piled up six feet high, and you're two feet, so it's impressive. Kip Thorne
You Remember Mountains High See Driver Feet Like Piled Rocky Rocky Mountains Up Impressive Snow Did Six Wanted Grow Grow Up Early Two
If you have a wormhole, then you can turn them into time machines for going backward in time. Kip Thorne
Time You Machines Backward Going Them Turn Then
It was quite a surprise when I realized that with a single wormhole you could have time hook up towards the future or towards the past and that you can actually manipulate the wormhole and change how time hooked up. Kip Thorne
Future Time You Change Single Past Hook Hooked Could Towards How Surprise Up Quite Manipulate Realized Actually
I wanted to be a snowplow driver when I was a kid. Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, that's the most glorious job you can imagine. But then my mother took me to a lecture about the solar system when I was 8, and I got hooked. Kip Thorne
Me You Mother Solar Job Glorious Mountains Took Solar System Kid Hooked System About Driver Most Got Lecture Rocky Rocky Mountains Up Wanted Then Growing Growing Up Imagine
In subjects that physicists think of as purely quantum, classical ideas and classical computational techniques can often be powerful. Kip Thorne
Think Purely Classical Physicists Computational Powerful Ideas Quantum Subjects Often Techniques
If you think that the distance from the Earth to the nearest planet where we could live comfortably... is being, like, from New York to Australia... what we've achieved so far, in going to the moon, that's about two-and-a-half inches. So that's the challenge. Kip Thorne
You Challenge Moon Live Think Distance Earth About Could New Like Comfortably Australia York Going Achieved New York Being Where To The Moon Far Planet Inches Nearest
We'll have four different gravitational wave windows open within the next 20 years, and each of them will see something different. We'll be probing the birth of the universe with this. The so-called 'inflationary era' of the universe. We'll be probing the birth of the fundamental forces and how they came into being. Kip Thorne
Will Universe Birth Wave See Windows Something Open Forces Within How Era Came Years Probing Being Different So-Called Them Next Each Fundamental Four Gravitational
My passion is to understand the non-linear dynamics of warped space-time, and the ideal venue for this is black-hole collisions. Kip Thorne
Passion Ideal Venue Understand Dynamics Warped
Wormholes - if you don't have something threading through them to hold them open, the walls will basically collapse so fast that nothing can go through them. Kip Thorne
You Walls Will Nothing Collapse Something Through Open Go Hold Them Fast Basically
I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed. Klaus Fuchs
Father Own Think Our Right Thing Way Out One Thing Had He Most Always Go Did The One Thing The Right Thing Us Stands Even Believed Right Thing
I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization. Klaus Fuchs
Organization Party Some Joined Had Because Felt Communist Communist Party
Before I joined the project most of the English people with whom I had made personal contacts were left wing and affected to some degree or other by the same kind of philosophy. Klaus Fuchs
People Made Degree Before Other Project Philosophy Kind Some Wing Joined Had Contacts Most Were Affected Left Left-Wing Personal Same English English People Whom
I was ready to accept the philosophy that the Party is right and that in the coming struggle you could not permit yourself any doubts after the party had made a decision. Klaus Fuchs
You Struggle Yourself Decision Made Party Philosophy Could Had Accept Ready Permit Coming Any After Doubts Right
Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever information I gave them to the Russian authorities. Klaus Fuchs
Time Me Whatever Gave Unknown Would Russian Except Had Contact Knew Since Were Continuous Hand Authorities Information Them Persons Who
At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death. Klaus Fuchs
Death Time Confidence Fight Other Complete Russia Russian Deliberately Allies Had Allowed Policy Western Germany Each Believed
In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy. Klaus Fuchs
War Post Post-War About Russian Period Policy Began Again Doubts
The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949. Klaus Fuchs
Time February Over Handed Information March Last Last Time
The Nobel prize is unquestionably the most famous prize in the world, and very often, the prize is an object of prestige not only for a person but also for a research center, a country, or for a particular area of interest. Klaus von Klitzing
World Country Research Prestige Object Unquestionably Only Area Nobel Nobel Prize Particular Most Also Very Prize Person Often Famous Center Interest
I believe that every Nobel Laureate has the feeling that this prize is really a gift - because nobody can or should work just for this prize. Klaus von Klitzing
Work Gift Feeling Believe Every Laureate Nobel Nobody Because Prize Just Really Should
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