Einstein didn't do away with the concept, Michelson and Morley did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wi

Einstein didn't do away with the concept, Michelson and Morley did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experi... Einstein filled the hole they left. It is worth mentioning because Morley was the first American to win the Nobel in Physics. That experiment changed business as usual.