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New Theories / Re: Was the light speed problem really solved by Einstein in 1905 ?
« on: 05/01/2021 11:56:04 »Was the light speed problem really solved by Einstein in 1905 ?Then you haven't studied Einstein much.
Einstein did not truly succeed in eliminating the ether, and Einstein himself never realized this. Few, if any, physicists realize this. The ether always haunted the thinking of the physicists.
"More careful reflection teaches us, however, that the special theory of relativity does not compel us to deny ether."
-Albert Einstein
"Recapitulating, we may say that according to the general theory of relativity space is endowed with physical qualities; in this sense, therefore, there exists an ether. According to the general theory of relativity space without ether is unthinkable; for in such space there not only would be no propagation of light, but also no possibility of existence for standards of space and time (measuring-rods and clocks), nor therefore any space-time intervals in the physical sense. But this ether may not be thought of as endowed with the quality characteristic of ponderable media, as consisting of parts which may be tracked through time. The idea of motion may not be applied to it."
-Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein - Ether and the Theory of Relativity, 1920