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That may be true, but Lorentz specifically cited the MM experiments and was influenced by them, and Einstein cited and was influenced by Lorentz, so he was infl
by atleastoptimal 2mo ago
That may be true, but Lorentz specifically cited the MM experiments and was influenced by them, and Einstein cited and was influenced by Lorentz, so he was influenced, just one level removed.
>https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-663-19510-8_1 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-663-19510-8_...
- LogicFailsMe 2mo agoWhich he only became aware of after the paper...
- atleastoptimal 2mo agoIn this 1905 special relativity paper he mentions "the Lorentzian electrodynamics and optics of moving bodies" https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/specrel.pdf https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/specrel.pdf
- LogicFailsMe 2mo agoAnd did you read the footnote on the first page? "The preceding memoir by Lorentz was not at this time known to the author."