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Article #16218Re: THE ROT EINSTEIN HAS STARTED
From: Robert J. Kolker
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:53
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:53
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Tom Potter wrote: > One advance in technology leads to other advances. > For example, > Edison's discovery of the "Edison Effect" > lead to the diode, > which lead to the triode, > which lead to the transistor, > which lead to integrated circuits, > which lead to large scale integration > which lead to the microprocessor. None of which can be understood in the absence of quantum field theory. Which is why we did not have transistors until 1948. It is simple: No relativity, no quantum field theory. No quantum field theory, no modern electronic technology. It is that simple. Bob Kolker
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