How Einstein Got Relativity Wrong
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How Einstein got Relativity Wrong
Einstein's Theory of Relativity states that c is the maximum speed at which all energy, matter, and information in the universe can travel. The theory holds that c is the speed regardless of the motion of the source or the motion of the observer. It should have been obvious that the constancy of the speed of light was incorrect or misunderstood. Something was wrong with it. The original experiments that led to the belief in the constancy of the speed of light were flawed. None of this makes any logical sense - that light can always travel at exactly the same speed and somehow manage to reach all observers at exactly that same speed without taking into account the motion of the observers. This book will offer a more logical theory as an alternative - a new theory of reality which adds up both mathematically and logically. It will also shed some light on exactly where Einstein went wrong.
How Physics Confronts Reality: Einstein Was Correct, But Bohr Won The Game
This book recalls, for nonscientific readers, the history of quantum mechanics, the main points of its interpretation, and Einstein's objections to it, together with the responses engendered by his arguments. Most popular discussions on the strange aspects of quantum mechanics ignore the fundamental fact that Einstein was correct in his insistence that the theory does not directly describe reality. While that fact does not remove the theory's counterintuitive features, it casts them in a different light.Context is provided by following the history of two central aspects of physics: the elucidation of the basic structure of the world made up of particles, and the explanation, as well as the prediction, of how objects move. This history, prior to quantum mechanics, reveals that whereas theories and discoveries concerning the structure of nature became increasingly realistic, the laws of motion, even as they became more powerful, became more and more abstract and remote from intuitive notions of reality. Newton's laws of motion gained their abstract power by sacrificing direct and intuitive contact with real experience. Arriving 250 years after Newton, the break with a direct description of reality embodied in quantum mechanics was nevertheless profound.
Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius
Author: Hans C. Ohanian
language: en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date: 2009-11-09
“A thought-provoking critique of Einstein’s tantalizing combination of brilliance and blunder.”—Andrew Robinson, New Scientist Never before translated into English, the Manimekhalai is one of the great classics of Indian culture.