Gravity Waves Detected!
At last, for all you sceptics out there, Hurricane Sandy has finally provided definitive proof of the existence of gravity waves, clearly visible to the South West of the storm…
Apologies if you thought I meant gravitational waves. The confusion was entirely intentional.
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In the Dark 
October 29, 2012 at 2:21 pm
It might not be a Nobel Prize-worthy confirmation of general relativity, but it’s amazingly cool nevertheless. Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go have some coffee and let my Einstein@Home screensaver work on winning that Nobel Prize.
October 29, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Gravity waves are actually very lovely, and not at all difficult to detect…
October 29, 2012 at 2:35 pm
In other news, “Dog bites man!”
October 29, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Scientists have been wrestling with gravy waves for many years:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6118950/Gravy-wrestling-bog-snorkelling-Elvis-impersonators-a-typical-British-Bank-Holiday.html
October 29, 2012 at 5:06 pm
There’s a bit of a gravy wave train in some quarters…
October 29, 2012 at 8:15 pm
I remember a company selling amateur astronomy publications and equipment once produced a list of their stock of popular astronomy books that included one by Paul Davies that it called The Search for Gravy Waves.
October 29, 2012 at 8:17 pm
I wonder if it’s still in stock.
October 29, 2012 at 9:50 pm
I doubt it, the reviewers gave it a roasting. They said it needed beefing up.
October 29, 2012 at 9:56 pm
I heard that the book-selling part of that company has recently been out-sauced.
October 29, 2012 at 10:31 pm
The plot thickens. I’m hope others aren’t in the same boat.
October 29, 2012 at 10:32 pm
The plot thickens. I hope others aren’t in the same boat.
October 29, 2012 at 11:03 pm
As someone who needs to express himself in writing, you should be careful not to criticise Paul Davies’s prose style. After all, what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
October 29, 2012 at 11:08 pm
On the other hand, you shouldn’t chicken out of writing what you think. It’s better sometimes to serve the full meat and two veg.
October 29, 2012 at 11:19 pm
The book satisfied the public appetite for rigorous, popular writing about physics. It’s good sometimes to serve the public with something meaty on a plate.
October 30, 2012 at 9:03 am
I hope these puns aren’t browning people off.
November 12, 2012 at 6:06 pm
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