1. A REVIEW OF EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY.
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MOTT, GERALD
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SPECIAL relativity (Physics) , *RELATIVITY (Physics) , *EINSTEIN field equations , *LIGHT sources , *LIGHTING reflectors - Abstract
Using only the descriptions and the results of the 'thought experiment' contained in Einstein's seminal 1905 paper, proofs are offered which show that the transformation equations of Einstein's special relativity apply only to the joint use in his experiment of point sources of light and point reflectors. Further, it is shown that two different special relativities could have been invented by Einstein and, because they possess differing space and time contraction factors, they cannot co-exist and, therefore, both must be discarded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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