- Published under the sponsorship of the Center for Einstein Studies, Boston University. - Part I At the Limits of the Classical Worldview. - Part II Contexts of the Relativity Revolution. - Part III The Emergence of the Relativistic Worldview. - Myths of the 1919 Eclipse Expedition. - 333 18 The Issue of the Beginning in Quantum Gravity. - These are some of the issues that are dealt with in the present volume.. - In the. - At the Limits of the Classical Worldview. - Contexts of the Relativity Revolution. - The Emergence of the Relativistic Worldview. - The last section of the volume deals with a number of current issues. - There are numerous historical studies of the development of gravitation theories. - without penetration there is no proportionality of the gravitational effect to the total mass. - Thus, the assumption of Galileo’s principle leads to a violation of the principle of relativity. - This “curved” interpretation of the scalar theory is possible. - “Classical Physics in Disarray: The Emergence of the Riddle of Gravitation.” In Renn 2007a, vol. - The constant force of refraction acts at the surface—in the “atmosphere” as Clairaut (Clairaut, 1741) would later name it—of the body. - This is a conse- quence of the fact that Newton’s is a ballistic theory of light. - By measuring the angle of refraction, one could in principle measure the change in the velocity of the corpuscle. - He then examined the question of the motion of light relative to the “refractive body”:. - The same relative velo- city of the refracting body &. - velocity of the corpuscle and the observer. - 16 Which is not the case in undulatory theories in which the ether “absorbs” the velocity of the source. - 2.1.5 The Constancy of the Velocity of Light. - Crucial for the Newtonian theory of the propagation of light is the variability of the velocity of light. - 23 Anyway, Arago was confident of the precision of his measurements;. - The rise of the wave theory of light: optical theory and experiment in the early nineteenth century. - Proceedings of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences . - The ether problem, the mechanistic worldview, and the origins of the theory of relativity. - 2 In the sense of the preceding footnote Earman fn. - Einstein speaks of “equality of the real nature”. - Also Einstein’s critique of the concept of ether is in part truly Machian (cf. - (5) Note the queer logic in the last sentence of the third section (“It would have been desirable. - stayed with the thinking of the physical tradition. - 23 See, e.g., the embarrassing self-congratulation (“not without success”) in the first section of the Optics preface.. - 28 A short account of the forgery thesis in English is (Wolters 1989). - History and Root of the Principle of the Conservation of Energy. - New York: Dover (reprint of the first Engl. - The Principles of the Theory of Heat Historically and Critically Elucidated. - Back in the palmy days of the Einstein Papers Project, the editorial writ was conceived broadly. - Einstein was a pleasant, very solid member of the household and never a spoilsport. - Slavish obedience to authority is the greatest enemy of the truth” (July 1901).. - The first is a universal education which makes short shrift of rote learning and the discipline of the barracks in the classroom. - “Deed before creed” lay at the heart of the movement’s teachings.. - The psychological roots of war are—in my opinion—biologically rooted in the aggressive characteristics of the male creature. - Innumerable brawls occurred, resulting in many a gash in the heads of the boys. - XIV), and another (“The Metaphysical Implica- tions of the Principle of Relativity”) published in the Philosophical Review (1915). - Herbert Wildon Carr was for many years Secretary of the Aristotelian Society. - XIV), and I contributed an article, “The Metaphysical Implications of the Prin- ciple of Relativity,” to the Philosophical Review of January 1915. - possible values of the three position co-ordinates. - The established conclu- sions of the Theory will contribute to the future Philosophy of the universe;. - a preliminary study of the data indicated the likely outcome. - Only at the end of the obituary did Larmor say something about Robb:. - one of the main protagonists in the scientific domain now known as relativity has passed away.”. - 46 The first of these articles is the one that Whitehead published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. - term, λ, Eddington (1932) insisted in his critic to Whitehead’s theory: “The ratio of the metre to the radius of curvature is determined by λ. - Journal of the History of Ideas . - (1979), “The axiomatic geometry of Space-Time: an assessment of the work of A. - Alfred North Whitehead Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . - (1921), “Review of The Reign of Relativity,” Mind . - “Discussion: The idealistic interpretation of Einstein’s theory,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society . - (1932), “The expanding universe,” Proceedings of the Physical Society 44, 1–16.. - (1920), “The philosophical aspect of the theory of relativity,” Mind . - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . - In memoriam: Herbert Wildon Carr,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society . - (1911), Optical Geometry on Motion, a New View of the Theory of Relativity (W. - Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Theory of Relativity. - Space, Time and Relativity,” Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 104–129.. - The philosophical aspects of the Principle of Relativity,”. - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society . - Wrinch, Dorothy (1922), “On certain methodological aspects of the theory of relati- vity,” Mind . - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A . - 7 For more on Einstein’s rejection of the invitation, see Mundo Israelita, March 7, 1925, p. - Expediente May 26, 1924 Session of the Superior Council. - “Botanic Gardens and the flora in general surpass the dreams of the 1001 nights.. - In addition, he felt the responsibility of the commitment he had made to the Argentines. - Einstein and some members of the Argentine Jewish Community, April 1925.. - (Courtesy of Archive of the German Club, Rio de Janeiro.). - Criticisms were also voiced of the theory of relativity. - 7 The use of the space-time picture is not imperative in Special Relativity, but in General Relativity, Einstein’s theory of gravitation. - The best-known formula of the twentieth century, Einstein’s relationship between energy E and inertial mass m i.e.:. - 7.3 On the Reception of the Theories of Relativity in Literature (ca. - strongly influenced by Mach’s empiro-critical analysis of the foundations of physics.. - Francis Einstein of the Daffodils”:. - have come at the time in fashion up out of the sea. - a mountain in Alsace, one of the most fervently fought-for places in The Great War, 24 became merged.. - 7.4 On the Reception of the Theories of Relativity in the Visual Arts (ca. - In Germany, Erwin Freundlich was one of the first who tried to do empirical astronomical checks on Einstein’s theory of gravitation. - Proceedings of the Einstein Centennial Celebration at Memphis State Univer- sity 1979. - Behind Appearance: A Study of the Relations between Painting and the Natural Sciences in this Century. - It is clear that Hilbert was extremely pleased with the axiomatic conjunction of the two theories. - AXIOM I (‘Mie’s Axiom of the World Function. - H is an invariant with respect to arbitrary transformations of the ‘world parameters’ w s (s . - The first of the above results is obtained as follows. - There are three main differences between the Proofs and the published version of the first note. - First, the explicit form of the field equations of general relativity does not appear in the Proofs. - generalized Maxwell equations [(8.2)] are a consequence of the ten gravitational equations [(8.1. - would result in overdetermination of the system (more than ten independent equations), and thus inconsistency.. - conditions of the possibility of experience