There's also that michelson-morley came out around the same time. Whether or not Einstein heard of it, there's very few ways of combining e&m & newtonian physic

There's also that michelson-morley came out around the same time. Whether or not Einstein heard of it, there's very few ways of combining e&m & newtonian physics in light of that experiment. (Pun intended) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_special_relativity#Special_relativity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_special_relativity#S... Apparently the fizeau experiment did influence his thinking