In 1905, Albert Einstein published 'On the Electrodynamics of Moving
Bodies' now known as Special Relativity this theory revolutionized
geometry, math, physics, science and the classical perspective of the
universe as understood since Newton's time. However, were there
intrinsic errors in this theory?
USA (Wire) December 6, 2005 --
Is Albert Einstein's Special Relativity incompatible with the very
equations upon which science's greatest theory is built? New
observations made by many scientists and engineers appear to contradict
the great German scientist's ideas. Apparently there are implicit
contradictions present within Relativity's foundational ideas,
documents and equations. One individual has even pointed that
quotations from the 1905 document and Einstein's contemporaries as well
as interpretations of the Relativity equations clearly and concisely
describe a confused and obviously erroneous theory. It is time
therefore, for science to update its thinking on this theory with a
comprehensive analysis of the history leading up to, during and after
that revolutionary year of Special Relativity.
As this is the 100 year anniversary of the original release of Special
Relativity, a review of the original assumptions, documents and ideas
which led to the acceptance of this theory is timely and
warranted. Every year millions of students are taught this theory
without a critical analysis of Relativity. Relativity Theory
consists of its two variants Special Relativity and General Relativity
and is considered the cornerstone of modern physics.
Albert Einstein borrowed from the ideas of Fitzgerald, Lorentz and
Voigt to create a new concept of the universe. His first work in
this regard later came to be known as Special Relativity and contained
many controversial ideas which today are considered axiomatic.
Amongst these are Length Contraction, Time Dilation, the Twin Paradox
and the equivalence of mass and energy summarized in the equation E=mc2.
This equation became the shining capstone of the new theory along with
its first & second postulates, namely, that the laws of nature are
the same from all perspectives and that the speed of light 'c' is
constant in a vacuum regardless of perspective. Further, the
theory also predicted an increase in mass with velocity. Numerous
examples have been given of the 'proof' of the validity of Special
Relativity.
Most notably, experiments using particle accelerators have sped
particles to incredible velocities which apparently provide
confirmation of Einstein's theory. However, doubts remain in the
scientific community who have never totally given up the comfort of a
Newtonian world view. This is readily apparent in that they refer
to the Newton's 'Law' of Gravitation whilst Special Relativity (SR) and
General Relativity (GR) are given the polite attribution 'The Theory
of' or simply SR 'theory' and GR 'theory.' Einstein would
continue working on the ideas of Special Relativity until producing the
aforementioned even more controversial treatise.
In his later more comprehensive work called the Theory of General
Relativity (1916), Einstein proposed a major re-thinking of
cosmology. He conceived of a space time continuum that is curved
by mass in other words, planets, stars, galaxies and other stellar
objects cause a curvature of space time. The movement of these
objects are determined by the aforementioned curvature.
As a result of these ideas, our understanding of geometry, math,
physics, science and the universe would never be the same.
However, some scientists are reporting that speed of light is not
constant from different experimental observations. One has even
reported errors in the fundamental equations. If so, this would
require a major rethinking of the known cosmological models and
assumptions of modern physics.
Michael Strauss is an engineer who had an interest in this subject
matter from his first classes in math and science. To contact the
author of this article visit:
www.relativitycollapse.com or
www.relativitycollapse.net
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