Hawking vs. Einstein, part four

Stephen Hawking at the Lido, Avenue Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
The Pop Culture Travel Guide (jaunted.com)

Stephen Hawking...triumphant!

Hawking vs. Einstein, part three

hawkspace.jpg, by OchreJelly
brickshelf.com

Stephen Hawking, triumphant? Open the pod bay doors, AL!

Hawking vs. Einstein, part two

"A Long-Awaited Taste of Outer Space," by Steve Boxall
WashingtonPost.com, April 27, 2007

"Einstein in Schpace," by robotlick
Worth1000.com
Ultimate Comebacks contest.

"So, how do you like them apples, eh?"

Hawking vs. Einstein, part one

Sluggy Freelance, by Pete Abrams
(Guest artwork by Michael Scandizzo)
sluggy.com
January 11, 2003

Lolcat: turn gravity back on

"Turn gravity back on!!!! Quick!" by Anonymous
icanhascheezburger.com
December 26, 2007

Physics 8A learning goal Q4.1

Objects in true freefall, or experiencing repulsive gravitational forces?

General relativity: warped spacetime

"Spacetime 2"
David J. Grossman (c) 1996
http://unpronounceable.com/graphics/raytraces/spactim2.html

What better way to depict the gravitational distortion of spacetime than with distorted Einsteins?

Spacetime, warped

http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/hst15_blackhole_grid.html
European Space Agency

Astronomy 10 learning goal Q10.1

Short movie clip illustrating how the mass of a black hole and the masses of stars "warp" a two-dimensional model of spacetime.   This "warpage" is what is experienced as gravity--no gravitational forces, spacetime is "smooth," stronger and stronger gravitational forces correspond to stronger and stronger "distortions" in spacetime.