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A Wrong Argument in a Seminal Physics Paper
A. Leon1
Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 ,
Issue.1 , pp.24-26, Feb-2020
CrossRef-DOI: https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrpas/v8i1.2426
Online published on Feb 28, 2020
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author = {A. Leon},
title = {A Wrong Argument in a Seminal Physics Paper},
journal = {International Journal of Scientific Research in Physics and Applied Sciences},
issue_date = {2 2020},
volume = {8},
Issue = {1},
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year = {2020},
issn = {2347-2693},
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Abstract :
This article examines a wrong argument in a seminal physics paper published 114 years ago: Einstein`s paper on the electrodynamics of moving objects. Although the argument in question is not determinant for the main conclusions of the paper (thanks to the prevalence of Lorentz transformation also deduced in the same paper), it contains several basic and significant errors that have remained undetected to this day. Those errors are consequences of a misinterpretation of the Principle of Relativity, surprisingly the same misinterpretation one can find in some naĂŻve critiques of special relativity. Considering the relevance of the article and its author and the importance of the errors, there is no alternative but to make them public.
Key-Words / Index Term :
Principle of relativity, special relativity, relativity of simultaneity, Einstein test for synchronous clocks
References :
[1] A. Einstein, “Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper”, Annalen der Physik, vol. 17, pp. 891-921, 1905.
[2] M. Born, “Physics in my generation. A selection of papers”, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1969.
[3] A. R. Elvira, “Cien años de relatividad. Los artĂculos clave de 1905 y 1906,” Nivola, Madrid, 2003.
[4] H. A. Lorentz, A. Einstein, H. Minkowski, H. Weyl and A. Sommerfeld, “The Principle of Relativity”, Methuen and Company, London, 1923.
[5] A. Einstein, “De l`eléctrodynamique des corpss en mouvement”, Les classiques des sciences sociales, Université de Québec, 2012.
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