Tag: cosmological constant

• Albert Einstein vs. the Universe

  Like Tupac Shakur, Albert Einstein looms large in the popular imagination after his death. Seemingly every story relating to quantum entanglement must mention Einstein’s famous phrase “spooky action-at-a-distance” (spukhafte Fernwirkung), every article on dark energy references “Einstein’s greatest blunder”. New ideas about gravity or experiments that seemingly violate the speed of light summon Einstein’s shade. […]

  Matthew R. Francis

  August 16, 2013

  Astronomy, Physics, and Related Fields, Cosmology

  cosmological constant, dark energy, Einstein, Scientists