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SANITY IN EINSTEINIANA'S SCHISOPHRENIC WORLD
Alberto Martinez knows the sad truth about Albert Einstein and Walther
Ritz: http://www.utexas.edu/know/2011/06/06/science_secrets/ Alberto Martinez: "As for Einstein, writers have contrived reasons why he made his theory of relativity: that his wife was his secret coworker, that he was influenced by patent applications, modern art or mystical beliefs about God. But no, these are all just myths. Surprisingly, there's more evidence that Einstein was influenced by, of all things, developmental psychology." https://webspace.utexas.edu/aam829/1...tzEinstein.pdf Alberto Martinez: "Einstein's theory garnered prestigious supporters such as Planck, Sommerfeld, and Wien, who endorsed and protected it from the attacks of others, while Ritz's theory acquired no supporters. Ehrenfest and Tolman called for unambiguous empirical evidence to test Ritz's emission theory, but neither spent any effort in extending it, and soon they both epoused Einstein's theory unreservedly, especially following de Sitter's work. For a few years immediately following its publication, Ritz's theory may have seemed to be an odd and complicated curiosity, in comparison to the leading approaches in electrodynamics. Ritz, the one man who had both the skill and the motivation to advance it, had died." Pentcho Valev wrote: https://webspace.utexas.edu/aam829/1...tzEinstein.pdf "In sum, Einstein rejected the emission hypothesis prior to 1905 not because of any direct empirical evidence against it, but because it seemed to involve too many theoretical and mathematical complications. By contrast, Ritz was impressed by the lack of empirical evidence against the emission hypothesis, and he was not deterred by the mathematical difficulties it involved. It seemed to Ritz far more reasonable to assume, in the interest of the "economy" of scientific concepts, that the speed of light depends on the speed of its source, like any other projectile, rather than to assume or believe, with Einstein, that its speed is independent of the motion of its source even though it is not a wave in a medium; that nothing can go faster than light; that the length and mass of any body varies with its velocity; that there exist no rigid bodies; that duration and simultaneity are relative concepts; that the basic parallelogram law for the addition of velocities is not exactly valid; and so forth. Ritz commented that "it is a curious thing, worthy of remark, that only a few years ago one would have thought it sufficient to refute a theory to show that it entails even one or another of these consequences...." Yet schizophrenia was to triumph over sanity: "Ritz est déjà trop faible pour enseigner, et le poste est finalement donné à Einstein": http://www.savs.ch/fr/component/docm...ire-de-la-savs Walther Ritz, Une contribution valaisanne au développement de la physique au début du XXe siècle Catherine Pralong-Fauchère "Sa dernière année de vie est prolifique du point de vue scientifique. Sa réputation s'accroît et l'université de Zurich le considère comme le meilleur parmi 9 candidats possibles pour sa nouvelle chaire de physique théorique. Cependant, Ritz est déjà trop faible pour enseigner, et le poste est finalement donné à Einstein. En avril, Ritz reçoit la visite d'Henri Poincaré qui s'excuse au nom de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris de ne pas lui avoir attribué 2 ans plus tôt le Prix Vaillant, promettant que cette injustice serait réparée. Mais cette aide arrive trop tard. Walther Ritz, atteint de tuberculose, doit entrer à la clinique de Göttingen à la mi-mai; il y meurt 7 semaines plus tard, le 7 juillet 1909. Il a donc 31 ans." Pentcho Valev |
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SANITY IN EINSTEINIANA'S SCHISOPHRENIC WORLD
http://arc-tv.com/the-crisis-in-physics-and-its-cause/
"However, for the past century, theoretical physicists have been sending a different message. They have rejected causality in favor of chance, logic in favor of contradictions, and reality in favor of fantasy. The science of physics is now riddled with claims that are as absurd as those of any religious cult." http://school.maths.uwa.edu.au/~mike/Trouble.doc Mike Alder: "It is easy to see the consequences of the takeover by the bureaucrats. Bureaucrats favour uniformity, it simplifies their lives. They want rules to follow. They prefer the dead to the living. They have taken over religions, the universities and now they are taking over Science. And they are killing it in the process. The forms and rituals remain, but the spirit is dead. The cold frozen corpse is so much more appealing to the bureaucratic mind-set than the living spirit of the quest for insight. Bureaucracies put a premium on the old being in charge, which puts a stop to innovation. Something perhaps will remain, but it will no longer attract the best minds. This, essentially, is the Smolin position. He gives details and examples of the death of Physics, although he, being American, is optimistic that it can be reversed. I am not. (...) Developing ideas and applying them is done by a certain kind of temperament in a certain kind of setting, one where there is a good deal of personal freedom and a willingness to take risks. No doubt we still have the people. But the setting is gone and will not come back. Science is a product of the renaissance and an entrepreneurial spirit. It will not survive the triumph of bureacracy. Despite having the infrastructure, China never developed Science. And soon the West won't have it either." http://www.wickedlocal.com/pembroke/...lton-Ratcliffe Hilton Ratcliffe: "Physics is dying, being suffocated by meta- mathematics, and physics departments at major universities with grand histories in physical science are closing down for lack of interest. It is a crisis in my view. (...) If, as in the case of GTR and later with Big Bang Theory and Black Hole theory, the protagonists have seductive charisma (which Einstein, Gamow, and Hawking, respectively, had in abundance) then the theory, though not the least bit understood, becomes the darling of the media. GTR and Big Bang Theory are sacrosanct, and it's most certainly not because they make any sense. In fact, they have become the measure by which we sanctify nonsense." http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20.../22/schools.g2 "But instead of celebrating, physicists are in mourning after a report showed a dramatic decline in the number of pupils studying physics at school. The number taking A-level physics has dropped by 38% over the past 15 years, a catastrophic meltdown that is set to continue over the next few years. The report warns that a shortage of physics teachers and a lack of interest from pupils could mean the end of physics in state schools. Thereafter, physics would be restricted to only those students who could afford to go to posh schools. Britain was the home of Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and Paul Dirac, and Brits made world-class contributions to understanding gravity, quantum physics and electromagnetism - and yet the British physicist is now facing extinction. But so what? Physicists are not as cuddly as pandas, so who cares if we disappear?" http://blog.reycom.org/archives/109 "La crise des vocations est générale dans toutes les sciences dures. En témoignent les articles récurrents de revues spécialisés telles que Physics World, l'excellent journal de l'Institute of Physics, ou la Recherche qui a longtemps conservé un lien fort avec la recherche publique menée en France. Elles s'en sont émues parce que c'était à leurs lecteurs potentiels que cette crise s'attaquait... Le tableau noir des sciences est peut-être entrain de cesser d'accepter des marques de craie blanche. Il restera simplement noir. Dans ce paysage accablant, les journalistes scientifiques peuvent toujours continuer de ramer comme le faisait la reine Rouge de Lewis Carol, qui courait simplement pour se maintenir sur place... Le courant de la rivière de la course à la rentabilité risque de se transformer en rapide, entrainant tous les coureurs, sans exception, vers le trou noir de l'oubli!" Pentcho Valev |
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