Scientists

Isaac Newton
(1642-1727)

• The legend is that Newton discovered Gravity when he saw a falling apple while thinking about the forces of nature.

Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)

• Einstein developed a whole new idea about Gravity: Gravity arises from the "warping" of space and time.

Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish

• Rainer Weiss is an American physicist. He is a professor of physics emeritus at MIT and an adjunct professor at LSU. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basic operation of LIGO.