Timeline for Common false beliefs in Physics
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| May 14, 2012 at 23:38 | comment | added | CHM | Poincaré, you really have to read him if you haven't. A well known name, but not as well known as he should be. Especially from high-ranking people. | |
| May 14, 2012 at 11:23 | history | edited | jbatista | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
tiny grammar fix (Fizeaus -> Fizeau's)
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| Sep 23, 2011 at 17:02 | comment | added | Ron Maimon | I agree that Einstein wasn't motivated by Michaelson morley at all. The reason people say this is because Michaelson's interfermometry is a fundamental tool, and students should pay attention. But Einstein wasn't really motivated by Fizeau either--- although this was a major unexplained experiment that convinced him the addition of velocities was right. His biggest outside motivation was probably Poincare, who was struggling to understand frame invariance in 1902, almost discovered relativity, but rejected it at the last minute because he started to sense the implausible consequences. | |
| S Sep 23, 2011 at 10:16 | history | answered | asmaier | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| S Sep 23, 2011 at 10:16 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by asmaier |