100 Years of Special Relativity

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 30, 2005 @03:42AM 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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Elastic ether theory by sylvek · 2005-06-30 07:49 · Score: 0, Troll

For those that are tired of monotone and uncritical approach to Einstein's work: please have a look at http://www.egtphysics.net/. Well worth reading. Be warned in advance: very hard to put down, especially if you were subjected to obligatory relativistic physics course in the college. You may spend sleepless night reading that site.
Science thrives on critical review not on mindless repetition and building of shrines.

Enjoy.