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Einstein's misgivings about his 1905 formulation of special relativity
- Abstract:
- When Einstein formulated his 1905 treatment of relativistic kinematics, the template in his mind was thermodynamics. This was because a more desirable 'constructive' account of the behaviour of moving rods and clocks, based on the detailed physics governing their microscopic constitution, was unavailable. The price to be paid was appreciated by Einstein and a handful of others since 1905. "The principal of relativity is a principle that narrows the possibilities; it is not a model, just as the second law of thermodynamics is not a model." Albert Einstein.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- Journal:
- European Journal of Physics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- S85-S90
- Publication date:
- 2005-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1361-6404
- ISSN:
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0143-0807
- Language:
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English
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ora:4303
- Deposit date:
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2010-10-21
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- Copyright holder:
- IOP Publishing Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2005
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- The full-text of this article is not currently available in ORA, but you may be able to access it via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Brown, H. R. (2005). 'Einstein's misgivings about his 1905 formulation of special relativity', European Journal of Physics, 26(6), S85-S90. [Available at http://iopscience.iop.org/0143-0807/26/6/S01].
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