wire telegraph - quotes

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

was an US (German-born) physicist

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

( when asked to describe radio )

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

was an US (German-born) physicist

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. [when asked to describe radio]