Showing posts with label Relativity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Relativity. Show all posts

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity



...as recalled by Dr. Paul Witty who knew Dr. Einstein and it goes like this:


Professor Einstein went to a party one night and the hostess said, "Professor Einstein will tell us the meaning of realitivity."
"I will tell you a story instead", he said.
"I was going down the street the other day with a blind friend and I remarked that I should like a glass of milk. "What is milk?", asked my blind friend.
"A white liquid", I answered.
"Liquid I know, but what is white?"
"The color of a swan's feathers."
"Feathers I know, but what is a swan?"
"A bird with a crooked neck."
"Neck I know, but what is crooked?"
By that time I had grown impatient and I seized his arm and bent it and I said, "This is crooked". Then I straighten his arm and said, "This is straight."
"Awe", said my blind friend.
"Now I know what you mean by milk."