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| From | gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? |
| Date | 2015-09-04 13:31 -0500 |
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On 9/4/2015 12:55 PM, Sam Wormley wrote: > Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? >> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lost-in-thought-how-important-to-physics-were-einstein-s-imaginings/ >> > > >> Gedankenexperiment, German for “thought experiment,” was Albert >> Einstein's famous name for the imaginings that led to his greatest >> breakthroughs in physics. He traced his realization of light's finite >> speed—the core idea of special relativity—to his teenage daydreams >> about riding beams of light. General relativity, his monumental >> theory of gravitation, has its origins in his musings about riding up >> and down in an elevator. In both cases, Einstein crafted new theories >> about the natural world by using his mind's eye to push beyond the >> limitations of laboratory measurements. poor scientific american. lost in worlds of sub-journalism, unable to discuss equations, meaning, derivations, or assumptions.... able to conjecture simple non-scientific tangents, like, "What color were Einstein's Shoes and why ?" poor scientific american, infested with non scientific contract journalists
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Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 12:55 -0500
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 13:31 -0500
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-09-04 21:22 +0000
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? dobri karagorgov <dobrikarate.gov@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 13:04 -0700
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 05:45 -0400
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 07:57 -0700
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 12:50 -0400
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-05 12:04 -0500
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? "Gob Knobbler" <invalid@porat.net> - 2015-09-05 11:25 -0700
Re: Lost in Thought--How Important to Physics Were Einstein's Imaginings? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-05 07:38 -0700
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