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This sounds like rubbish to me. I've heard Poincare almost discovered special relativity, but insisted on keeping aether in the model or something like that. Ap

This sounds like rubbish to me. I've heard Poincare almost discovered special relativity, but insisted on keeping aether in the model or something like that. Apart from that I've never seen anything about Einstein not being fully original in his ideas. Source please.

dukeofdoom 3y ago
I can't find the original article, I read it long ago. Here's a short summary why this article may have been written though. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/35090/why-did-einstein-get-credit-for-formulating-the-theory-of-special-relativity https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/35090/why-did-ei...
- karmakurtisaani 3y ago
  Eh, so he built on other people's work like any other scientist. I can't see he would have Zuckerberg'd anything based on reading those discussions.
- guebjnjnl 3y ago
  Well, you submitted this [1] last April. The piece comes straight from a conspiracy theory website. [1] https://www.techcounsellor.com/2017/04/albert-einstein-plagiarist-century/ https://www.techcounsellor.com/2017/04/albert-einstein-plagi...
chasil 3y ago
As I understand it, the Lorenz transform for relativistic velocities was well-known prior to Einstein's publications (1892 initial appearance for Lorenz). Einstein's work, as I understand it, was to set the transform in a complete and encompassing theory. "The transformations later became a cornerstone for special relativity." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation
- lovecg 3y ago
  Worth noting he did a ton more than special relativity (his Nobel prize wasn’t for that theory)
  - chasil 3y ago
    Right, the article reminds us that the Nobel was for his work on the photoelectric effect, and implies that relativity was too radical for a substantial number of scientists.
nyrikki 3y ago
Poincaré moved knowlage forward but could never let go of the concept of aether. Einstein’s novel addition were the first and second postulate of SR. This is what allowed him to use the work of Poincaré, Lorentz, Heaviside etc.. and move beyond the falsified concept of aether which absolutely was holding Poincaré back at that point in history.

dukeofdoom 3y ago

I can't find the original article, I read it long ago. Here's a short summary why this article may have been written though. https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/35090/why-did-einstein-get-credit-for-formulating-the-theory-of-special-relativity https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/35090/why-did-ei...

karmakurtisaani 3y ago
Eh, so he built on other people's work like any other scientist. I can't see he would have Zuckerberg'd anything based on reading those discussions.
guebjnjnl 3y ago
Well, you submitted this [1] last April. The piece comes straight from a conspiracy theory website. [1] https://www.techcounsellor.com/2017/04/albert-einstein-plagiarist-century/ https://www.techcounsellor.com/2017/04/albert-einstein-plagi...

chasil 3y ago

As I understand it, the Lorenz transform for relativistic velocities was well-known prior to Einstein's publications (1892 initial appearance for Lorenz). Einstein's work, as I understand it, was to set the transform in a complete and encompassing theory. "The transformations later became a cornerstone for special relativity." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation

lovecg 3y ago
Worth noting he did a ton more than special relativity (his Nobel prize wasn’t for that theory)
- chasil 3y ago
  Right, the article reminds us that the Nobel was for his work on the photoelectric effect, and implies that relativity was too radical for a substantial number of scientists.

nyrikki 3y ago

Poincaré moved knowlage forward but could never let go of the concept of aether. Einstein’s novel addition were the first and second postulate of SR. This is what allowed him to use the work of Poincaré, Lorentz, Heaviside etc.. and move beyond the falsified concept of aether which absolutely was holding Poincaré back at that point in history.