20 ideas
21110 | An understanding of the most basic physics should explain all of the subject's mysteries [Krauss] |
21105 | In 1676 it was discovered that water is teeming with life [Krauss] |
7621 | Special relativity, unlike general relativity, was operationalist in spirit [Putnam on Einstein] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
22955 | Einstein took causation to be the bedrock of physics [Einstein, by Coveney/Highfield] |
20638 | General relativity assumes laws of nature are the same in all frames of reference [Einstein, by Close] |
20636 | Newton is a special case of Einstein's general theory, with an infinite speed of light [Einstein, by Close] |
21230 | The theory is 'special' because it sticks to observers moving straight, at constant speeds [Einstein, by Farmelo] |
21231 | Assume the speed of light is constant for all observers, and the laws of physics are the same [Einstein, by Farmelo] |
21109 | Space itself can expand (and separate its contents) at faster than light speeds [Krauss] |
20634 | General Relativity says there is no absolute force or acceleration [Einstein, by Close] |
21104 | General Relativity: the density of energy and matter determines curvature and gravity [Krauss] |
21107 | Uncertainty says that energy can be very high over very short time periods [Krauss] |
20648 | Mass is a measure of energy content [Einstein] |
21106 | Most of the mass of a proton is the energy in virtual particles (rather than the quarks) [Krauss] |
21112 | Empty space contains a continual flux of brief virtual particles [Krauss] |
21232 | Space-time arises from the connection between measurements of space and of time [Einstein, by Farmelo] |
21108 | The universe is precisely 13.72 billion years old [Krauss] |
21111 | It seems likely that cosmic inflation is eternal, and this would make a multiverse inevitable [Krauss] |
7626 | I do not believe in a personal God [Einstein] |