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Alexander Unzicker Talk: "How Herrmann Minkowski Led Physics Astray" (2019)
- peter_d_sherman 5y agoThe real gem of this talk, in my opinion, is not "How Herrmann Minkowski Led Physics Astray" -- but rather the various quotes of Einstein, dug up by the Author. These quotes, apparently written by Einstein himself, are supremely interesting -- because if they're true, they apparently contradict the popular view that Einstein stated that the speed of light is constant... For example, at time 18:00 approximately: https://youtu.be/TDjgQ_megMI?t=1080 https://youtu.be/TDjgQ_megMI?t=1080 We see: "...the speed of light is no constant, but depends on position. Therefore one is forced to generalize the theory of space and time, known as relativity..." -Albert Einstein, 1913, The Swiss writings, p. 479 That's just one example -- there are many others in this video -- which is well worth watching and re-watching in the future, in my opinion... Also, another idea which I think is highly important is expressed in the video at approximately 22:44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDjgQ_megMI&t=1365s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDjgQ_megMI&t=1365s Where the Author presents the following outline: "Elements Of Scientific Revolutions" 1. Visionary Idea 2. Revolutionary Equation 3. Elimination of one or more constants of nature The Author goes on to show several examples in the history of physics where the above was accomplished; and, of the three, the most important would seem (to me!) to be #3, Elimination of one or more constants of nature... Prediction: A future Physics -- will have no mathematical constants. In that future Physics -- every single thing that was previously defined by a constant in today's Physics -- will instead be replaced by an equation; a function...