Well, I've finished my first essay for university, entitled "Ernst Mach on Rotation of the Cosmos". It's not very polished, and rather lightweight because there's a great deal that I don't know about, but I'm rather happy with the essay nonetheless. It's a starting sketch for some ideas I hope to pursue later on, when I get some more vocabulary ( Read more... )

In 1938, Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld published a popular book, "The Evolution of Physics". About 300 pages, no formulas but a few diagrams, easy reading and full of ideas. The book traces the development of the mechanical view (it's all matter), problems with the mechanical view in explaining electromagnetic phenomena, fields and ( Read more... )