Let the battle begin, Newton Vs Einstein. The all out battle for space-time. Both Albert Einstein and Sir Issac Newton are regarded as the forefathers of physics, but both held different theories that ...

Why does Newtonian mechanics not apply in the quantum realm? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer ...

Question: I read a brief history of time by hawking and I am interested to know why Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum physics can’t come together to come up with a theory of everything?” ...

Space–time collision Artist’s impression of a black-hole binary system generating gravitational waves. The black holes will eventually merge, and this latest research could improve our understanding ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Yesterday I tackled a vexing problem: Is general relativity really that hard to ...

Is there a relativistic equivalent of each of Newton's 3 laws? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.

Concerning the ion drive on the NASA Dawn spacecraft (AW&ST July 2, p. 56), it would be good to have the rocket scientists acknowledge that Newtonian mechanics won’t work at the velocities stated but ...

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental branch of theoretical physics that replaces Newtonian mechanics and classical electromagnetism at the atomic and subatomic levels. It is the underlying framework of ...

LIGO’s detection of gravitational waves came almost exactly a century after Einstein had formulated his general theory of relativity and an ensuing paper mathematically describing the possibility of ...

Vladimir Fock occupies a distinctive place in the history of twentieth-century science, not only for his profound ...