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http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/en/Scientific/Courses/Special_Topics_in_Physics/
The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Instructor: Lee Smolin
Type: This is a University of Waterloo credit course. Students must
register through UW. Dates: January - April 2008, each Wednesday from
7:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Perimeter Institute, Bob Room
"Following this physical introduction we will read the key texts from
the history of physics and philosophy concerning the meaning of time,
such as Newton, Leibniz, Mach, Einstein etc."

I suggest the following key texts from Einstein:

http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/
Albert Einstein: "....light is always propagated in empty space with a
definite velocity c which is independent of the state of motion of the
emitting body......From this there ensues the following peculiar
consequence. If at the points A and B of K there are stationary clocks
which, viewed in the stationary system, are synchronous; and if the
clock at A is moved with the velocity v along the line AB to B, then
on its arrival at B the two clocks no longer synchronize, but the
clock moved from A to B lags behind the other which has remained at B
by tv^2/2c^2 (up to magnitudes of fourth and higher order), t being
the time occupied in the journey from A to B. It is at once apparent
that this result still holds good if the clock moves from A to B in
any polygonal line, and also when the points A and B coincide. If we
assume that the result proved for a polygonal line is also valid for a
continuously curved line, we arrive at this result: If one of two
synchronous clocks at A is moved in a closed curve with constant
velocity until it returns to A, the journey lasting t seconds, then by
the clock which has remained at rest the travelled clock on its
arrival at A will be tv^2/2c^2 second slow."

Albert Einstein: "If the speed of light is the least bit affected by
the speed of the light source, then my whole theory of relativity and
theory of gravity is false."

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/pdf/files/975547d7-2d00-433a-b7e3-4a09145525ca.pdf
Albert Einstein: "I consider it entirely possible that physics cannot
be based upon the field concept, that is on continuous structures.
Then nothing will remain of my whole castle in the air, including the
theory of gravitation, but also nothing of the rest of contemporary
physics."

And just a single key text from the martyr, Bryan Wallace:

http://www.ekkehard-friebe.de/wallace.htm
Bryan Wallace: "Einstein's special relativity theory with his second
postulate that the speed of light in space is constant is the linchpin
that holds the whole range of modern physics theories together.
Shatter this postulate, and modern physics becomes an elaborate
farce!....The speed of light is c+v."

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