Re: Einstein

From: Timothy Bates (tbates@karri.bhs.mq.edu.au)
Date: Fri Jun 30 2000 - 04:48:29 MDT


> Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> Wrote:
>> Without Einstein, Michaelson and Morely probably would have done
>> their experiment to measure the ether, failed, and come up with
>> relativity to explain their failure.

Ummm, without Einstein, M&M did do their experiment, and did fail to come up
with relativity to explain their failure.

No ether does not mean E=mc^2. C being a constant does, but they did not
even begin to make that connection, and Einstein was unaware of their data.

tim
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