"Einstein Would Be Beaming": Scientists React to Gravitational Waves
>
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/einstein-would-be-beaming-scientists-react-to-gravitational-waves/
> Scientists have essentially been waiting for this day for a century,
> since Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves in 1916 on the
> basis of his general theory of relativity. “100 years feels like a
> lifetime but over the course of scientific exploration it’s not that
> long,” Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the
> American Museum of Natural History, said at the Columbia gathering.
> “I lay awake at night wondering what brilliant thoughts people have
> today that will take 100 years to reveal themselves.” At the D.C.
> press conference, California Institute of Technology physicist Kip
> Thorne imagined the visionary’s response to the news. “Einstein would
> be beaming. This is a very, very special moment.”
--
sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
community, and physics-related social issues.