Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 00:50:55 09/23/02
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On September 22, 2002 at 14:18:37, Alastair Scott wrote: >... >Unlikely things are not impossible things ... occasionally. For example, >Einstein had no university position and was working in the Swiss Patent Office >(at a rather higher position than is usually assumed, it must be noted) when 'On >the electrodynamics of moving bodies' 'popped out of nowhere'. >... I don't think that this is completely right. Regarding the special theory of relativity there had been important findings before Einstein. Einstein himself for instance could use the results of Lorenz. IMHO, regarding special theory of relativity, Einstein was the one person who had the courage to say "that's physics" (and not a mathematical exercise). IIRC, things had been quite different later, when Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity. This is essentially his work, which he had developed from scratch; a work of incredible ingenuinious creativity. What you are referring to (electrodynamics of moving bodies) looks much like the special theory of relativity. Regards, Uli
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