100 years of special relativity

Jun 30, 2005 15:46

100 years since the publication of the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" (read it, it's not all that difficult).

(via Wikipedia)

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_rowan_tree_ June 30 2005, 20:17:25 UTC
That's why our post office sells stamps with famous physicists and mathematicians! You-know-who got a whole bunch of them, but doesn't let me use them for letters. :-)

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That's why... _rowan_tree_ June 30 2005, 20:20:07 UTC
...actually refers to this. (realized that I skipped a logical step in my comment)

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Re: That's why... anhinga_anhinga June 30 2005, 20:31:43 UTC
Cool ! Time to celebrate :-)

One possible way of celebration is actually reading the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies". Tell I-know-who that this would make a great ritual :-) The article is really cool, very well and clearly written, should be a mandatory reading for all science students...

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Re: That's why... _rowan_tree_ June 30 2005, 20:37:46 UTC
should be a mandatory reading for all science students - with ritual dancing, burning fires, and measuring the photoelectric effect of the fire light :-)

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