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Re: HOW EINSTEIN USED MAXWELL

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From: Koobee Wublee
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 04:47
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On May 12, 7:05 am, Marvin the Martian wrote:
> On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:19:45 -0700, Koobee Wublee wrote:

> > This is not true.  Because of Maxwell's equations, the mid-to-
> > late-19th-century physicists all believed in the Aether --- an absolute
> > frame of reference.  As Professor Roberts fondly would say "you need to
> > study the subject at hand" and follow up by a <shrug>. So, <shrug>
>
> That doesn't follow from what I said. They also believed in God, but that
> also had nothing to do with Maxwell's equations.
>
> >> and lead to
> >> the investigation of how the equations DO transform.
>
> > Oh, yes, you can transform all you want, but try not to play a fast one
> > by introducing mathemagics into all these steps, OK?
>
> Okay, for a second, I thought you were a serious poster.

Your intuition is quite correct, but your intention is deeply fouled.
<shrug>

> If you consider
> mathematics to be magic, then you're a waste of time.

What?  You elect to chick out.  That is OK with me.

Therefore, I demand you to take back that Maxwell equations support
the principle of relativity through the Lorentz transform.

> < snip drivel >

So, the martian has no balls to discuss the issue at hand with Koobee
Wublee.  <shrug>
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Subject: Re: HOW EINSTEIN USED MAXWELL
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