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100 Years of Special Relativity

Posted by Zonk on from the much-better-than-the-regular-kind dept.

phrotoma writes "Wikipedia notes in their Selected Anniversaries section that today marks the 100th anniversary of Albert Eintein's publication of the third of his four Annus Mirabilis Papers entitled On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies; the seminal work that introduced the concepts which would come to be known as Special Relativity. This event is also being commemorated in a UN endorsed celebration of physics: World Physics Year 2005 with talks and events at public schools, museums, and universities the world over."

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  1. 100 Years by Inkieminstrel · · Score: 5, Funny

    100 years according to which observer?

    1. Re:100 Years by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


      > The first five posts are all riffs on the same theme -- dilation of time. Does that say more about the level of education among Slashdotters, or about our lack of creativity, or both?

      Maybe it's just one post arriving via gravitational lensing.

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  2. Pffft by kaellinn18 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I already read about this tomorrow.

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  3. But it's ONLY a "theory" ... by YetAnotherName · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... and being ONLY a "theory," won't be taught in Kansas public schools.

  4. Obligatory Family Guy Quote by everphilski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Einstein is working in a patent office
    Smith: I'd like to patent this. I call it "Smith's Theory of Relativity"
    Einstein browses through Smith's work, nods approvingly and then kills Smith with the overhead window door
    -everphilski-