On the empirical equivalence between special relativity and Lorentz's ether theory

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2014.01.002MaRDI QIDQ2351909zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pablo Acuña

Publication date 26 June 2015

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.01.002

zbMATH Keywords

Einsteinempirical equivalenceempirical evidenceLorentznon-empirical virtuesrelativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Special relativity (83A05)

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