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Re: WHY EINSTEIN STILL RULES

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From: Pentcho Valev
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:36
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In Einsteiniana any triumph is a fraud but then another triumph
(fraud) is superimposed and so on indefinitely. In the end the history
of Einsteiniana turns out to be a succession of triumphs, that is,
Einstein rules forever:

http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/11/27/climategate-the-skeptical-scientists-view/
Frank J. Tipler: "My own field of general relativity, which is
Einstein's theory of gravity, was initially "confirmed" by "fudged" -
I would say "fraudulent" - data. Einstein had predicted that stars
near the Sun would appear displaced in their positions due to the
Sun's gravity, and the English astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington, a
fervent believer in Einstein, set out to confirm Einstein's theory.
And confirm Einstein he did, although Eddington's equipment was too
inaccurate to confirm or reject Einstein. Eddington "showed" that
Einstein was right by appropriate weighing of data points, and by
throwing out observations inconsistent with Einstein's prediction. In
1919, Eddington announced his "confirmation" at a media circus that
made Einstein a world celebrity. Eddington's experiment could only be
conducted during a total eclipse of the Sun, a rare event, and so
Eddington's claim could not be checked for years. But no experienced
scientist at the time believed in Eddington's "confirmation." Rather,
what convinced most real scientists - including Einstein - that
general relativity was correct was another prediction: The planet
Mercury would deviate from its path as predicted by Newton's theory.
This deviation had been observed before Einstein was born, and agreed
exactly with Einstein. Since general relativity was a theory with no
adjustable constants, the observation had to be a true confirmation.
Since the astronomers who observed Mercury's deviation were dead
before Einstein proposed his theory, there was no chance that they had
fudged their observations to agree with Einstein. (...) Frank J.
Tipler is Professor of Mathematical Physics at Tulane University."

http://astronomy.ifrance.com/pages/gdes_theories/einstein.html
"Le deuxième test classique donne en revanche des inquiétudes.
Historiquement, pourtant, l'explication de l'avance du périhélie de
Mercure, proposé par Einstein lui-même, donna ses lettres de noblesse
à la relativité générale. Il s'agissait de comprendra pourquoi le
périhélie de Mercure ( le point de son orbite le plus proche du
soleil ) se déplaçait de 574 s d'arc par siècle. Certes, sur ces 574
s, 531 s'expliquaient par les perturbations gravitationnels dues aux
autres planètes. Mais restait 43 s, le fameux effet "périhélique "
inexpliqué par les lois de Newton. Le calcul relativiste d'Einstein
donna 42,98 s ! L'accord et si parfait qu'il ne laisse la place Ă 
aucune discussion. Or depuis 1966, le soleil est soupçonné ne pas être
rigoureusement sphérique mais légèrement aplati à l'équateur. Une très
légère dissymétries qui suffirait à faire avancer le périhélie de
quelques secondes d'arc. Du coup, la preuve se transformerait en
réfutation puisque les 42,88 s du calcul d'Einstein ne pourrait pas
expliquer le mouvement réel de Mercure."

Pentcho Valev wrote:

One of the crucial episodes in Einsteiniana's history which, if
honestly analysed, will leave no doubt as to why Einstein still
rules:

http://www.upd.aas.org/had/meetings/2010Abstracts.html
Open Questions Regarding the 1925 Measurement of the Gravitational
Redshift of Sirius B
Jay B. Holberg Univ. of Arizona.
"In January 1924 Arthur Eddington wrote to Walter S. Adams at the Mt.
Wilson Observatory suggesting a measurement of the Einstein shift in
Sirius B and providing an estimate of its magnitude. Adams 1925
published results agreed remarkably well with Eddingtons estimate.
Initially this achievement was hailed as the third empirical test of
General Relativity (after Mercurys anomalous perihelion advance and
the 1919 measurement of the deflection of starlight). It has been
known for some time that both Eddingtons estimate and Adams
measurement underestimated the true Sirius B gravitational redshift by
a factor of four."

http://astronomy.ifrance.com/pages/gdes_theories/einstein.html
"Arthur Eddington , le premier en 1924, calculâtes théoriquement un
décalage 0,007% attendu la surface de Sirius mais avec des données
fausses à l'époque sur la masse et le rayon de l'étoile. L'année
suivante, Walter Adams mesurerait exactement ces 0.007%. Il s'avère
aujourd'hui que ces mesures , qui constituèrent pendant quarante ans
une "preuves" de la relativité, étaient largement "arrangée" tant
était grand le désir de vérifier la théorie d'Enstein. La véritable
valeur fut mesurée en 1965. Elle est de 0.03% car Sirius est plus
petite , et sont champ de gravitation est plus fort que ne le pensait
Eddington."

See also:

http://www.cieletespace.fr/evenement/relativit-les-preuves-taient-fausses
RELATIVITE: LES PREUVES ETAIENT FAUSSES
"Le monde entier a cru pendant plus de cinquante ans à une théorie non
vérifiée. Car, nous le savons aujourd'hui, les premières preuves,
issues notamment d'une célèbre éclipse de 1919, n'en étaient pas.
Elles reposaient en partie sur des manipulations peu avouables visant
à obtenir un résultat connu à l'avance, et sur des mesures entachées
d'incertitudes, quand il ne s'agissait pas de fraudes caractérisées."

http://www.cieletespaceradio.fr/index.php/2008/05/26/390-histoire-des-sciences-les-preuves-de-la-relativite
"Au début du XXème siècle, des scientifiques comme le Britannique
Arthur Eddington avaient tant à coeur de vérifier la théorie de la
relativité qu'ils ont tout mis en oeuvre pour que leurs expériences
soient probantes." (ECOUTEZ!)

Pentcho Valev
pvalev@yahoo.com
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From: Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: WHY EINSTEIN STILL RULES
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