Einstein's Greatest Mistake : Abandonment of the Aether
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If a child wants proof, we can think of 10 different ways to show that we are surrounded by air, but we are, of course, normally unaware that we live at the bottom of an “ocean” of air. It is claimed, in this book, that we are unaware, similarly, that we are surrounded by an atmosphere of aether. There is one major difference, however: We have not been able to detect the aether.
An intriguing…exploration of a fringe scientific theory. Luminiferous aether-or "light-bearing aether," a theory first postulated by Isaac Newton in the 18th century, later refined by James Clerk Maxwell in the 19th century and ultimately replaced by Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity-is most simply defined as the medium for the propagation of light. According to Deutsch, Einstein possessed the computational justification for the presumed existence of the aether, but decided to discard the principle since it was too cumbersome to work through to its logical conclusion. The author cites many landmark experiments, as well as countless algebraic equations and diagrams… May interest those well versed in high-level physics. -Kirkus Discoveries
About the Author
Sid Deutsch holds a PhD from Polytechnic University and taught electrical engineering for more than forty years at the university level. He is a fellow of IEEE and the Society for Information Display, and has authored or coauthored seven science books. Dr. Deutsch lives in Sarasota, Florida.
Einstein's Greatest Mistake: Abandonment of the Aether,Sid Deutsch,iUniverse, Inc.,0595374816,Physics,Relativity,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / Relativity
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