My relativity article is at: relativitytrail.com/preprint.special_relativity.pdf
03/09/2024 note:
In February 2024, during the process of researching a definition for
use in my article, I stumbled upon an obscure lecture delivered
by Einstein at Leyden in 1920. I learned, by way of reading the
transcript of that lecture, that Einstein had by that time (fifteen
years after his 1905 paper on relativity) come around to thinking
about the nature of space as it relates to special relativity.
Specifically, he forcefully argued that there is necessarily an
underlying frame of reference for the effects of special relativity,
i.e., a background which needs to be appealed to in order for there
to be standards for distance, clocks and rods. That is in sharp
contrast to his original treatment, in which he had simply
disregarded the nature of space.
Having spent my entire adult life searching the literature for
anyone other than myself who has understood and articulated
why that background (call it aether or the totality of the cosmos)
is not merely an option when it comes to explaining the effects
of relativity, it seems safe to say that thus far only Einstein
himself rose to the task. Poincare, Lorentz and Fitzgerald
did not come close.
Einstein partially rose to the task. He never did go back and rework
special relativity in absolute terms with new postulates. That fell
to poor me alone. It was a task I never wanted or felt I should have
to do. I did it in 2008. It's my book Relativity Trail, which
I sell at the U of M.
You can read what Einstein said in my article. Take the challenge
and enrich yourself if you think you're brave enough.
It's a short read:
relativitytrail.com/preprint.special_relativity.pdf
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June 11 2023
Time flies. Been one year since I had the
honor of playing host for one month to
Scott Booth -- talented folk songwriter
and singer. Four albums to date.
Played lots of catch with the baseball
and rode bikes. Also had the honor of
creating Scott's official website for
his music.
Listen to my favorites at his website:
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Hill climbing every Sunday morning until August.
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Reel-to-reel tape decks restoration
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Hi-fi review
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into riches for its managers and key employees.
The eight highest-paid employees received between
$420,000 and $652,000 each in compensation in 2021.
MPR paid out 9 million dollars to nonemployees for
unspecified services in 2021 alone. Friends of theirs?
85 million dollars in one year just for
employees and professional fees and marketing.
Click on the link above for the full expose'
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May 28 2023
Clutter?
March 25 2023
Saturday mornings: Toasted onion bagels and
Roy Rogers movies. I tune in for the songs
and the light-hearted scripts.
March 17 2023
Thankful for the soothing sound of my furnace
and for the sound of Lucky's gentle snoring.
Song of the Birds
Little Audrey and her air rifle.
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Relativity in absolute terms There are only three sane sections in the Wikipedia article on the twin paradox of special relativity. I authored those sections in 2011, and they've been there continuously since that time: Here's the link to the three sections below. 4. A non space-time approach 5. The equivalence of biological aging and clock time-keeping 12. No twin paradox in an absolute frame of reference
Updated 09/25/2024