Quick thinking: how Einstein did (and did not) refute the ether frame of reference

DOI10.1007/S11229-021-03056-0MaRDI QIDQ6147136zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nathaniel F. Sussman

Publication date 1 February 2024

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03056-0

zbMATH Keywords

special relativityAlbert Einsteinether theorylight propagationthought experimentemission theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Special relativity (83A05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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