Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Happiness, of course, is the limerick about relativity

Einstein in Vienna, 1921

 

Relativity.

There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.

-- A. H. Reginald Buller, Professor of Botany, Punch, December 19, 1923