The Perfect Theory
“It is not that he didn’t know his fair share of mathematics. Indeed, he had excelled at math in school and knew enough to put across his ideas. His papers were a perfect balance of physical reasoning and just enough mathematics to lay his ideas on a firm setting. But his 1907 predictions from his generalized theory had been done on a mathematical shoestring—one of his Zurich professors described the presentation of his work as “mathematically cumbersome.” Einstein disdained mathematics, which h...e called a “superfluous erudition,” sniping, “Since the mathematicians pounced on the relativity theory I no longer understand it myself.” But in 1911, when he looked at the ideas he had written up in his review, he realized that math could help him push them a bit further.
Einstein looked at his principle of relativity and thought about light, once again. Imagine yourself riding in a spaceship far from any planets and stars. Now imagine that a ray of light from a distant star enters through a small window directly to your right, cuts across the inside of your ship, and exits through a window to your left.MoreLess
Einstein looked at his principle of relativity and thought about light, once again. Imagine yourself riding in a spaceship far from any planets and stars. Now imagine that a ray of light from a distant star enters through a small window directly to your right, cuts across the inside of your ship, and exits through a window to your left.MoreLess
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