Chapter 11 RELATIVITY
... a.) The first assumption--that ether does not exist--is a direct consequence of the Michelson-Morley experiment. It was a bold step, letting go of the theoretical mechanism that explained light's ability to travel through a vacuum--a step many physicists of the day were not willing to take. Einstein ...
... a.) The first assumption--that ether does not exist--is a direct consequence of the Michelson-Morley experiment. It was a bold step, letting go of the theoretical mechanism that explained light's ability to travel through a vacuum--a step many physicists of the day were not willing to take. Einstein ...
Supplemental Lecture II: Special Relativity in Tensor Notation
... on. Because both sides of an equation must be the same type of quantity (that is, we can only equate scalers with scalers, vector with vectors, and so on), the terms on both sides of an equation must have the same set of unsummed, or free, indices. We now turn to the task of extending this framework ...
... on. Because both sides of an equation must be the same type of quantity (that is, we can only equate scalers with scalers, vector with vectors, and so on), the terms on both sides of an equation must have the same set of unsummed, or free, indices. We now turn to the task of extending this framework ...
The concept of mass (mass, energy, relativity)
... Between the apex and base of this theoretical pyramid we find a significant number of books and papers in which all three (and even four!) relations coexist peacefully in a mysterious manner. Responsible in the first place for this situation are the theoretical physicists who have not yet explained ...
... Between the apex and base of this theoretical pyramid we find a significant number of books and papers in which all three (and even four!) relations coexist peacefully in a mysterious manner. Responsible in the first place for this situation are the theoretical physicists who have not yet explained ...
Many-Minds Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
... Would it not be more disturbing if they came to different conclusions? In any case, this was the upshot of Einstein’s special relativity based on the assumption that all observers will agree on the speed of light. This is like if in politics a rightist and leftist came to agree on something. Would t ...
... Would it not be more disturbing if they came to different conclusions? In any case, this was the upshot of Einstein’s special relativity based on the assumption that all observers will agree on the speed of light. This is like if in politics a rightist and leftist came to agree on something. Would t ...
Begin Adventure / How to Break the Light Barrier by A.D. 2079 (third
... the proposed light-pressure sailing starship would certainly encounter one also. It is easy to show, by logical analysis under relativity, that those instances of a light barrier hold; but it would be a really big jump to teach that the light barrier is an absolute cosmic truth and that's all you ne ...
... the proposed light-pressure sailing starship would certainly encounter one also. It is easy to show, by logical analysis under relativity, that those instances of a light barrier hold; but it would be a really big jump to teach that the light barrier is an absolute cosmic truth and that's all you ne ...
Contents and Introduction
... 12.1 Fundamental equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 12.1.1 The dual field and invariants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 12.1.2 Motion of particles in a static uniform field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 12.1.3 Precession of ...
... 12.1 Fundamental equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 12.1.1 The dual field and invariants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 12.1.2 Motion of particles in a static uniform field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 12.1.3 Precession of ...
CHAPTERONE(1D2)
... seemed to give an accurate description of black body radiation, the photoelectric effect and the specific heat of solids, but departed radically from classical physics. Many people today do not understand quantum mechanics or special relativity because they are completely counter intuitive. Planck, ...
... seemed to give an accurate description of black body radiation, the photoelectric effect and the specific heat of solids, but departed radically from classical physics. Many people today do not understand quantum mechanics or special relativity because they are completely counter intuitive. Planck, ...
From Newton to Einstein: The Discovery of Laws of Motion and Gravity
... had not discovered the essence of gravity, the reason why the celestial bodies attract each other the way they do. It is enough, he concluded, that gravity and its laws lead us to describe “all the motions of the celestial bodies and of the seas” and much else. In the science today this would be vie ...
... had not discovered the essence of gravity, the reason why the celestial bodies attract each other the way they do. It is enough, he concluded, that gravity and its laws lead us to describe “all the motions of the celestial bodies and of the seas” and much else. In the science today this would be vie ...
General Relativity: An Informal Primer 1 Introduction
... the choice I will use here, is to put the minus sign in front of the temporal term. Weinberg uses the opposite sign convention in [1]. Thus we must keep the sign conventions in mind when reading Weinberg’s book. The invariance of the interval s2 means that s2 is unchanged even if one makes a coordin ...
... the choice I will use here, is to put the minus sign in front of the temporal term. Weinberg uses the opposite sign convention in [1]. Thus we must keep the sign conventions in mind when reading Weinberg’s book. The invariance of the interval s2 means that s2 is unchanged even if one makes a coordin ...
About Mechanics of Virtual Reality
... age and need new physics to depict such a real-virtual mixed universe. In this article, some personal views about the unification and the future of fundamental physics are proposed. The article contains three parts: (1) Super Transformation. Space-Time Transformation with Simulator which describes t ...
... age and need new physics to depict such a real-virtual mixed universe. In this article, some personal views about the unification and the future of fundamental physics are proposed. The article contains three parts: (1) Super Transformation. Space-Time Transformation with Simulator which describes t ...
Speed of light - should be measured once again
... from which it follows that the magnetism is with respect to electrostatic interaction only a second order effect. In accordance with formula (6), one of the quantities 0 and 0 can be chosen arbitrarily, while the other one or b should be determined experimentally. For example, putting in the SI sy ...
... from which it follows that the magnetism is with respect to electrostatic interaction only a second order effect. In accordance with formula (6), one of the quantities 0 and 0 can be chosen arbitrarily, while the other one or b should be determined experimentally. For example, putting in the SI sy ...
30155-doc - Project Gutenberg
... On the basis of the physical interpretation of distance which has been indicated, we are also in a position to establish the distance between two points on a rigid body by means of measurements. For this purpose we require a " distance " (rod S) which is to be used once and for all, and which we emp ...
... On the basis of the physical interpretation of distance which has been indicated, we are also in a position to establish the distance between two points on a rigid body by means of measurements. For this purpose we require a " distance " (rod S) which is to be used once and for all, and which we emp ...
On an Intriguing Invention Albert Einstein Made Which Has Gone
... In 1865, German physicist Rudolph Clausius, then forty-three-years old, had a preference for letters from the last half of the alphabet to represent entities in his equations—he used the letters M to Z, except O and Y. He selected the letter S to represent a concept he had just invented. As for a na ...
... In 1865, German physicist Rudolph Clausius, then forty-three-years old, had a preference for letters from the last half of the alphabet to represent entities in his equations—he used the letters M to Z, except O and Y. He selected the letter S to represent a concept he had just invented. As for a na ...
Why did Einstein`s Programme supersede Lorentz`s? (II)
... Let us look at the more general features of Einstein's objections to Classical Physics. According to Einstein, one of Maxwell's and Faraday's greatest contributions to science was the introduction of the field as a constituent of physical reality to be treated on a par with other constituents such a ...
... Let us look at the more general features of Einstein's objections to Classical Physics. According to Einstein, one of Maxwell's and Faraday's greatest contributions to science was the introduction of the field as a constituent of physical reality to be treated on a par with other constituents such a ...
Anisotropy of Inertia from the CMB Anisotropy
... 4 For a fuller analysis of Aristotelian mechanics and its relation to space-time structure, see reference [7]. ...
... 4 For a fuller analysis of Aristotelian mechanics and its relation to space-time structure, see reference [7]. ...
CHAPTER ONE - Dr. Myron Evans
... seemed to give an accurate description of black body radiation, the photoelectric effect and the specific heat of solids, but departed radically from classical physics. Many people today do not understand quantum mechanics or special relativity because they are completely counter intuitive. Planck, ...
... seemed to give an accurate description of black body radiation, the photoelectric effect and the specific heat of solids, but departed radically from classical physics. Many people today do not understand quantum mechanics or special relativity because they are completely counter intuitive. Planck, ...
4. Weighty Arguments - The University of Arizona – The Atlas Project
... Physicists have always recognized the appeal of a purely relational theory of motion, but every such theory has foundered on the same problem, namely, the physicality of acceleration. For example, one of Newton’s greatest challenges was to account for the fact that the Moon is relationally stationa ...
... Physicists have always recognized the appeal of a purely relational theory of motion, but every such theory has foundered on the same problem, namely, the physicality of acceleration. For example, one of Newton’s greatest challenges was to account for the fact that the Moon is relationally stationa ...
Volta and the Strange History of Electromagnetism
... constituted by respectively the set of basic notions of Newton’s mechanics and the set of basic notions of L. Carnot’s mechanics.21 Maybe, authors stood unaware of L. Carnot’s influence, yet they were motivated by the similar search for an alternative attitude to the Newtonian one. According to Rose ...
... constituted by respectively the set of basic notions of Newton’s mechanics and the set of basic notions of L. Carnot’s mechanics.21 Maybe, authors stood unaware of L. Carnot’s influence, yet they were motivated by the similar search for an alternative attitude to the Newtonian one. According to Rose ...
Modern Physics
... speeds. The Newtonian mechanics is therefore an approximation of the special relativity • Measurements of time and space are not absolute, they are influenced by the dynamical state of an observer and what is being observed • No exaggeration in saying that special theory of relativity had revolution ...
... speeds. The Newtonian mechanics is therefore an approximation of the special relativity • Measurements of time and space are not absolute, they are influenced by the dynamical state of an observer and what is being observed • No exaggeration in saying that special theory of relativity had revolution ...
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE INERTIA
... connection with an inertial frame, fictitious forces of inertia are needed to complete the description of the actions that the body is subjected to. They are fictitious because the dynamics doesn’t attribute them to an action of the environment, as the other forces do. Mach’s principle requires that ...
... connection with an inertial frame, fictitious forces of inertia are needed to complete the description of the actions that the body is subjected to. They are fictitious because the dynamics doesn’t attribute them to an action of the environment, as the other forces do. Mach’s principle requires that ...
File - USNA
... exclusively to mean rest mass. Although we may use the terms mass and rest mass synonymously, we will not use the term relativistic mass. The use of relativistic mass to often leads the student into mistakenly inserting the term into classical expressions ...
... exclusively to mean rest mass. Although we may use the terms mass and rest mass synonymously, we will not use the term relativistic mass. The use of relativistic mass to often leads the student into mistakenly inserting the term into classical expressions ...
5-11_Stuewer
... than they ought to be. A good deal of insight into the nature of science, especially into the interplay between theory and experiment, may be obtained from a study of these transition periods. This point may be illustrated immediately by briefly sketching Einstein's arguments for his light· quantum ...
... than they ought to be. A good deal of insight into the nature of science, especially into the interplay between theory and experiment, may be obtained from a study of these transition periods. This point may be illustrated immediately by briefly sketching Einstein's arguments for his light· quantum ...
Powerpoint - University of Pittsburgh
... “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend upon its Energy Content?” Annalen der Physik, 18(1905), pp. 639-641. (September 1905; received 27 September, 1905) ...
... “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend upon its Energy Content?” Annalen der Physik, 18(1905), pp. 639-641. (September 1905; received 27 September, 1905) ...
Abraham-Solution to Schwarzschild Metric Implies
... holes [1]. The hoped-for miniholes are only 10–32 cm large – as small compared to an atom (10–8 cm) as the latter is to the whole solar system (1016 cm) – and are expected to “evaporate“ within less than a picosecond while leaving behind a much hoped-for “signature“ of secondary particles [1]. The f ...
... holes [1]. The hoped-for miniholes are only 10–32 cm large – as small compared to an atom (10–8 cm) as the latter is to the whole solar system (1016 cm) – and are expected to “evaporate“ within less than a picosecond while leaving behind a much hoped-for “signature“ of secondary particles [1]. The f ...
File - Youngbull Science Center
... of the old theory have been fully verified. It was advanced as a principle by the Danish physicist Niels Bohr earlier in this century when Newtonian mechanics was being challenged by both quantum theory and relativity. According to the correspondence principle, if the equations of special relativity ...
... of the old theory have been fully verified. It was advanced as a principle by the Danish physicist Niels Bohr earlier in this century when Newtonian mechanics was being challenged by both quantum theory and relativity. According to the correspondence principle, if the equations of special relativity ...